. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . Reis. Cxuian, iii. p. 707,no. 189) this beautiful species is only met with in the open woods,where it hovers round the flowerinor trees and buslies. Whenflying it spreads its tail like a fan, and at tne same time flicksit up and down. This bird is not common in British Guiana. Schomburgk, under the name of Trochilva aurwulatus ( iii. p. 707, no. 190), states that these birds live in the openand light part of the woods, where they swarm round f]ow(ffeiiofjirlx nurifus) are often seen about t
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . Reis. Cxuian, iii. p. 707,no. 189) this beautiful species is only met with in the open woods,where it hovers round the flowerinor trees and buslies. Whenflying it spreads its tail like a fan, and at tne same time flicksit up and down. This bird is not common in British Guiana. Schomburgk, under the name of Trochilva aurwulatus ( iii. p. 707, no. 190), states that these birds live in the openand light part of the woods, where they swarm round f]ow(ffeiiofjirlx nurifus) are often seen about the town. (ienu^ ANTHOSCENUS Aitthngreuus Richmond, Proc. Biol. Sof A. Innqirogfriii (Vif^ill.). TIh di-iinguishing <liaractcr* of this gcniir- an- the huig ami 422 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. straight hill, the bare culmen, the exposed nasal covers, and theshort and rounded W^^- %{\f ^^ Antlioscenus siq^erbus. Fig. 88.—To illustrate the long bill, the nasal covers,and the short and rounded tail. 286. Anthoscenus superbus. Long-billed Star-throat. Troclnhis superlus Shaw, Nat. Misc. xiii. pi. 517, 1802 (Colonil)ia).HeJiomaster longirostris (Vieill.), Salvia, Ibis, 188-5, p. -135 (Merume Mts., lioraima, 3500 ft.).FloricoJa longirostris Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 229, 1892 (Merume Mts., Eoraima).Anthoscenus su2)erha Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 1-41, no. 1412, 1912. Adult male. Back, upper wing-coverts, rump, upper tail-coverts,and middle tail-feathers dark green with a bronzy tinge; lateraltail-feathers blackish with a white spot at the tip ; flight-feathersdark btown; crown of head bright steel-blue j throat-patch brightruby-red; breast and sides of the body green with dusky-greybases to the feathers ; a patch of white feathers on the flanks ;middle of the abdomen and vent white ; under tail-coverts edgedwith white ; under wino-cover
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