. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 400 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. crown of head and the sides of face slate-grey ; base of forehead, lores, and a line over the eye to the sides of the nape bright* yellow, like the throat and entire under surface, including the under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts ; sides of tbe body strongly fused with green ; a broad white line running from the gape below to the sides of the neck ; under surface of quills dark brown with whitish inner edges ; a dark spot on the under wing- coverts near the edge of
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 400 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. crown of head and the sides of face slate-grey ; base of forehead, lores, and a line over the eye to the sides of the nape bright* yellow, like the throat and entire under surface, including the under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts ; sides of tbe body strongly fused with green ; a broad white line running from the gape below to the sides of the neck ; under surface of quills dark brown with whitish inner edges ; a dark spot on the under wing- coverts near the edge of the wing ; lower aspect of tail pale brown. Total length 135 mm., exposed cuhnen 1,6, wing 68, tail 45, tarsus 19. The female described was collected on the Ituribisi River in 1909. Adult male. Similar to the adult female but rather larger. Wing 74 mm., tail 49. The male described was also collected on the Ituribisi River, February 1907. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. iVe«t. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana, Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Kamakabra River (^McConnell collection'); Merume Mountains, Bartica {Whitely). Extralimital Range. Cayenne {Bonaparte) ; Venezuela. Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Genus CYCLARHIS Swains. CyclarJiis Swainson, Zool. Journ. i. p. 294, Oct. 1824. Type C. guian- ensis (Gmel.)- ^?*4. Fig. 152.—To show the short, stout, and hooked bill. The members of this genus are the largest birds in the family. The bill is compressed, its depth at the nostrils being about. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chubb, Charles; McConnell, Frederick Vavasour, d. 1914. London, B. Quaritch
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