. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. PITANGUS.—MYIODYNASTBS. 205 that the shafts of some of the feathers on the throat are extended into black hair-like tips. Qnills'below brown with yellowish-white inner edgings ; lower aspect of tail pale brown. Total length 150 mm., exposed culmen 15, wing 83, tail 67, tarsus 16. Tlie male described was collected on the Supenaam River in 1910. Adult female. Similar to the adult male but rather smaller. Wing 77 mm. Tlie immature bird differs from the adult in having whitish margins to the feathers on
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. PITANGUS.—MYIODYNASTBS. 205 that the shafts of some of the feathers on the throat are extended into black hair-like tips. Qnills'below brown with yellowish-white inner edgings ; lower aspect of tail pale brown. Total length 150 mm., exposed culmen 15, wing 83, tail 67, tarsus 16. Tlie male described was collected on the Supenaam River in 1910. Adult female. Similar to the adult male but rather smaller. Wing 77 mm. Tlie immature bird differs from the adult in having whitish margins to the feathers on the upper parts. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Ifest. ynrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River {McConnell collection) ; Merum^ Mountains, Kamarang River, Kamakusa [Whitely). Extralimital Range. Cayenne, Northern Brazil. Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Genus MYIODYNASTES Bonap. odynastes Bonaparte, Comp. Eend. Paris, xxxviii. p. 667, 1854. Type M. maculatus (P. L. S. Miill.).. rig. 84.—Myiodynastes maculatus. The type of this genus has the bill depressed, the width at the. 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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