. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . n .Tune1890—Salvin-Godmiift. collection. Breeding-season. Unknown. Nest. Unrecorded. Eggs. Undescribed. Range. Confined to British Guiana : Annai ( Whitely); George-town [Quelcli). Habits. Mr. J. J. Quelch, writing on the Birds o£ Georgetown,remarks (Timehri (2) v. p. 101) :—Another Emerald, which isdistinguished from A. leucogaster by its smaller size and muchmore bronze and golden-green upper surface and sides, is also tobe obtained. The males have coloured bills and the females black,and the specie
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . n .Tune1890—Salvin-Godmiift. collection. Breeding-season. Unknown. Nest. Unrecorded. Eggs. Undescribed. Range. Confined to British Guiana : Annai ( Whitely); George-town [Quelcli). Habits. Mr. J. J. Quelch, writing on the Birds o£ Georgetown,remarks (Timehri (2) v. p. 101) :—Another Emerald, which isdistinguished from A. leucogaster by its smaller size and muchmore bronze and golden-green upper surface and sides, is also tobe obtained. The males have coloured bills and the females black,and the species seems to be indistinguishable from A. cJdonopectus,except by the slightly darker tail and the less pale-green seems to be but a variety of this form.* Genus SAUCEROTTEA Bonap. Saucerottea Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Paris, xxx. p. 381, April S. saucerottei (Delat. & Bourc). In this genus the bill is nearly straight, the culmen is featheredat the base, the anterior portion of the nasal covers is exposed,and the tail is short and rounded or very slightly Savcfvoftea 75.—To show the form of the bill and the shape of the tail. 269. Saucerottea cupreicauda. COPPER-TAILEU ErYTHRONOTE. Amazilia cupreicanda Salvin & Godraan, Ibis, 1884, p. 452 (Roraima);Salvin, Ihis, 1885, p. 485 (Merume Mts.) ; Sharpe, in Goulds SAUCEROTTEA.—HYLOCHARIS. 399 Suppl. Troch. pi. 56, 1SS7; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 220,1S92 (Quonga).Saucerotfea cupreicaiida Braboiirne & Cliubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 115,no. 1104, 1912. Adult. Back and upper wing-coverts coppery bronze-green,becoming bright green on the top of the head, throat, breast, andsides o£ the neck; lower back and upper tail-coverts copperybronze; tail rufous, becoming more coppery bronze towards thetips of the feathers; flight-quills brown ; abdomen and sides ofthe body, as well as the under wing-coverts, dull bronze ; undertail-coverts rufous ; thighs white. Total length 88 mm., culmen
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