. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 306 BIBDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Genus HiEMATODERUS Bonap. ncematoderus Bonap. Ann. Sc. Nat. (ser. 4), Zool. t. i. p. 134, 1854. Type H. militaris (Lath.).. rig. 120.—Hmmatoderus militaris. This monotypic genus is conspicuous by its large size and gorgeous colour. The bill is proportionately short, wide at the base, and hooked at the tip. The wing is nearly twice the length of the tail, and the middle toe and claw exceed the length of the tarsus. Coloration : male and female different. 546. Hsematoderus
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 306 BIBDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Genus HiEMATODERUS Bonap. ncematoderus Bonap. Ann. Sc. Nat. (ser. 4), Zool. t. i. p. 134, 1854. Type H. militaris (Lath.).. rig. 120.—Hmmatoderus militaris. This monotypic genus is conspicuous by its large size and gorgeous colour. The bill is proportionately short, wide at the base, and hooked at the tip. The wing is nearly twice the length of the tail, and the middle toe and claw exceed the length of the tarsus. Coloration : male and female different. 546. Hsematoderus militaris. Ceimson Feuit-bater. Goracias militaris Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxvii, 1801 (Cayenne). Threnoedes militaris Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 690, 1848. Smmatoderus militaris Salvin, Ibis, , p. 305 ; Solater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 395, 1888; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 324, no. 3809, 1912. Adult male. General colour above and below crimson-red, with white bases to the feathers; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, flight- quills, and tail-feathers blackish brown ; under surface of quills and lower aspect of tail greyish brown. Total length 350 mm,, exposed culmen 25, wing 221, tail 127, tarsus 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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