. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 378 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Total length 194 mm., exposed culmen 13, wing 103, tail 85, tarsus 23. The specimen described was collected by Mr. McConnell during his expedition to Mount Roraima in October 1898. Breeding-season. Unknown. Nest. Unrecorded. Eggs. Undescribed. Range confined to Sritish Guiana. Mount Roraima (^McConnell collection) ; Merume Mountains, Mount Roraima ( WJdtely). Habits. Unrecorded., Genus PLANESTICUS Bonap. Planestioiis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend, xxxviii. p. 3, 1854. Type P. ja
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 378 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Total length 194 mm., exposed culmen 13, wing 103, tail 85, tarsus 23. The specimen described was collected by Mr. McConnell during his expedition to Mount Roraima in October 1898. Breeding-season. Unknown. Nest. Unrecorded. Eggs. Undescribed. Range confined to Sritish Guiana. Mount Roraima (^McConnell collection) ; Merume Mountains, Mount Roraima ( WJdtely). Habits. Unrecorded., Genus PLANESTICUS Bonap. Planestioiis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend, xxxviii. p. 3, 1854. Type P. jamaicensis (Gmel.).. Fig. 147.—To illustrate the shape of the bill. The species on which this genus was founded is of medium size. The bill is somewhat short and compressed, and slightly hooked at the tip of the upper mandible. The wing is rounded, the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries are longest and subequal, the second is slightly shorter than the seventh, and the firet less than one-fourth the length of the second. The tail is square at the tip and about three-fourths the length of the wing, and the tarsus exceeds by about one-fourth the length of the exposed culmen. Coloration : male and female similar. Key to the Species. A. Crown of head black in contrast to the back. a. Entire back and upper tail-coverts slate-grey P. leucops, ^p. 379 b. Entire back and upper tail-coverts dark bronze-brown P. roraima, p. 380. B. Crown of head uniform or similar in colour to the back. c. Under wing-coverts orange-rufous. a'. Back ochreous-brown P. JredericJci, p. 381. h'. Back olive-grey P. alhiventer, p. 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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