. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ter 67 mm. The male and female from which the descriptions are taken werecollected l)y Mr. Mc(/onnelI on Mount Roraima in October 1898. Bieeding-seasoyi. Unknown. j^est. Unrecorded. J^gcfs. Undescribed. Range. Confined to British Guiana : Mount Roraima, Bartica(McConnell colledlon) ; Mount Roraima, 6000 ft. (White!//). Ilahits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 709) thatduring the whole of his travels in British Guiana he onlyobtained one specimen, which was procured at the R
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ter 67 mm. The male and female from which the descriptions are taken werecollected l)y Mr. Mc(/onnelI on Mount Roraima in October 1898. Bieeding-seasoyi. Unknown. j^est. Unrecorded. J^gcfs. Undescribed. Range. Confined to British Guiana : Mount Roraima, Bartica(McConnell colledlon) ; Mount Roraima, 6000 ft. (White!//). Ilahits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 709) thatduring the whole of his travels in British Guiana he onlyobtained one specimen, which was procured at the RoraimaMountains at an altitude of 6000 feet. It was hovering aboutsome mimosa bushes. He did not find its nest. The Arekunas^call ir Tukui, whicli is the name usually a| plied by them toHnmmin(7-bird«!. 31)2 OF BRITISH GTTIANA. Genus FLORISUGA Bona p. FIonstt(/a Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 73, ISoO. Type (Linn.). In this genus the bill is .slender, nearly , the nasal covers partly exposed, and tJie upjxM- tail-coverts almost reaching to the tip of the Florisiiga mellivora. Fig. 72.—To show the form of the hill, the shape of the tail, andthe long upper tail-coverts. 2G4. Florisuga Jacoein. TrocJiihis meUivorns Linn. Syst. Xat. 10th ed. i. p. 121, 1758 (Guiana) ; Cah. in Scliomh. lieis. Guian. iii. p. 70G, mellivora Selvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 433 (Merume Mts., Atapurau Eiver); id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 329, 1892; Brabourne & Chuhb, B. S. Amer. i. p. Ill, no. 1058, 1912. Adult male. Lower hind-neck, back, u})per and under wing-coverts, central tail-feathers, and .•ides of breast green ; crown ofhead, throat, and fore-neck daik blue; a narrow white collar onthe hind-neck ; abdomen, under tail-coverts, and outer tail-featherspure white, the last edged with brown, more especially at thetips ; flight-quills purplish brown. Bill, iris, and feet black. Total length 108 mm., culmen 18, wing 70, tail 38. The male
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