. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 314 BIEDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. head is a sign o£ age. The young bird has the head covered with soft fine down. Its nidification is unknown. The "Macusis " called it Kotaranoa, the " Warraus " Quow, and the " Arekunas " Watarua. Mr. J. J. Queloh, who met with this species at the Great Falls on the Demerara River, gives the following note (Timehri (2) iv. p. 115) :-r-" The Bare-headed Chatterer or Quow-birds {Gymno- cephalus cahus) bellowed, with a sound as though from
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 314 BIEDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. head is a sign o£ age. The young bird has the head covered with soft fine down. Its nidification is unknown. The "Macusis " called it Kotaranoa, the " Warraus " Quow, and the " Arekunas " Watarua. Mr. J. J. Queloh, who met with this species at the Great Falls on the Demerara River, gives the following note (Timehri (2) iv. p. 115) :-r-" The Bare-headed Chatterer or Quow-birds {Gymno- cephalus cahus) bellowed, with a sound as though from a herd of oxen grazing in the forest. The notes of this last bird are astonish- ingly loud, but when heard from a distance, through the forest, they are remarkably like the more musical sounding Oampanero (Chas- morhynchus niveus), and might often be mistaken for ; .... He also remarks on the bird from the Upper Berbice River {torn, cit, p. 334):—"The Quow or Calf-birds (Gymnocephalus calvus) were heard far oif in the forest, their bellowings mingled with the hoarse caws of the Bultata Hawks {Ibycter americantis)." The following note is copied from Beebe (Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 332) :—" Bare-headed Cotinga or Calf-bird. The note has been compared to the lowing of a cow, but to me it seemed much more musical resembling the humming of a goblet when one's moistened finger is rubbed around the rim. The bird is yellowish brown with a bare head, and keeps to the tops of the ; Genus GYMNODERUS Geoffr. Qymiioderus Geoffrey, Ann. Mus. Paris, xiii. p. 237, 1809. Type (Linn.).. Fig. 125.—Gymnoderus fwtidtis. This genus is easily distinguished by the soft black velvety. 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 Vavaso
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