. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 28 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. the breast and sides of the body; under wing-coverts and inner edges of the quills white. Total length 90 mm., exposed culmen 15, wing 58, tail 25, tarsus 16. Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the crown of the head and hind-neck bright rufous, streaked with black on the occiput and hind-neck, becoming paler on the sides of the face, much paler and inclining to white on the throat; remainder of the under surface almost uniform dull white. Exposed culmen 14
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 28 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. the breast and sides of the body; under wing-coverts and inner edges of the quills white. Total length 90 mm., exposed culmen 15, wing 58, tail 25, tarsus 16. Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the crown of the head and hind-neck bright rufous, streaked with black on the occiput and hind-neck, becoming paler on the sides of the face, much paler and inclining to white on the throat; remainder of the under surface almost uniform dull white. Exposed culmen 14 mm., wing 49. The male and female described were collected on the Supenaam River. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Ifest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. IJggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, Kamakabra River, Bonasika River, Makauria River, Great Falls Demerara River, Arawai River, Anarica River (McConnell collec- tion) ; Kamakusa, Kamarang River, Takutu River ( Wliitely). Esstralimital Range. Surinam (^Gmelin, Penard), Cayenne {British Museum), Venezuela. Habits. Schomburgk states ( iii. p. 688) that this bird lives in the low brush on the outskirts of the woods, in the fields cultivated by the natives, and in the neighbourhood of rivers. Genus RHOPIAS Cab. & Hein. Bhopias Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 13, 1859. Type S. gularis (Splx).. Fig. 14.—Shopias gularis. The members of this genus are distinguished at sight in having. 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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