. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 514 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Eggs. Undescribed. Range confined to British Guiana. Mount Roraima [McConnell collectiony; Mount Roraima {Whitely). Habits. Unrecorded. Genus THRAUPIS Boie. thraupis Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 974. Type T. archiepiscopus (Desm.).. rig. 189.—Thraupis episcopus. The species on which this genus was founded are birds o£ medium size and somewhat bright coloration. The bill is conical, the width and depth at the base are about equal, and the tip of the upper mandible is slightly hook
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 514 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Eggs. Undescribed. Range confined to British Guiana. Mount Roraima [McConnell collectiony; Mount Roraima {Whitely). Habits. Unrecorded. Genus THRAUPIS Boie. thraupis Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 974. Type T. archiepiscopus (Desm.).. rig. 189.—Thraupis episcopus. The species on which this genus was founded are birds o£ medium size and somewhat bright coloration. The bill is conical, the width and depth at the base are about equal, and the tip of the upper mandible is slightly hooked and the nostrils are exposed. The wing is rounded, the second, third, and fourth primaries are longest and equal, and the first is ralher shorter than the fifth but much longer than the sixth. The tail is squai-e at the tip and about two-thirds the length of the wing. The tarsus exceeds the length of the exposed cuhnen by nearly one-half. Coloration: male and female similar. Key to the Species. A. General colour pale blue T. episcopus, p. 514. B. General colour dark olive T. melanoptera, p. 516. 675. Thraupis episcopus. Bishop Tanager. Tanagra episcopus Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 316, 1766 (" Brasilia ") ; Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 670, 1848; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 210 (Bartica Grove, Merume Mts., Camacusa, Eoi-aima, 3000-3500 ft.); Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 154, 1886 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa, Roraima) ; Quelch, Timehri (2) iv. pp. 121, 189, 1890 (Great Falls Demerara Eiver); id. op. cit. v. p. 80,1891 (Georgetown); Lloyd Price, torn. cit. p. 68 (nests and eggs). Tanagra serioptera Cab. in Scbomb. Eeis. XJuia^. iii. p. 670, 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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