. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ■;*^. liaUits 13.—To illustrate the shape of the bill and the form of the foot. various sliapes, being long in the true Rails, short»M- and stouterin the Crakes, and very deep in the Gallinules, the last havingthe nasal opening pierced in the horny sheath. The Hails are distriljuted over the greater portion of tin- known F 66 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. •v\-orld. Fourteen genera and fifty-six species occur in SouthAmerica, of which nine genera and fifteen species are represented in Brit
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ■;*^. liaUits 13.—To illustrate the shape of the bill and the form of the foot. various sliapes, being long in the true Rails, short»M- and stouterin the Crakes, and very deep in the Gallinules, the last havingthe nasal opening pierced in the horny sheath. The Hails are distriljuted over the greater portion of tin- known F 66 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. •v\-orld. Fourteen genera and fifty-six species occur in SouthAmerica, of which nine genera and fifteen species are represented in Briti-h Guiana. Genus EALLUS Linne, Svst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 153,17oS. Type S. aquaficus senus is characterized chieflv bv its loncj and slender hill,^A-hich, in R. loivjirostns, is almost equal in length to that of themiddle toe and claw. 34. Rallus Rail. Rallus lonqirostris Bodd. Tahl. PL Enl. p. -52,1783 (Cayenne) ; Sharpe,Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xxiii. p. 10, 1891 (Berbice;; Brabourne &Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 21. no. 213, 1912. Mallus crepitans (
Size: 1509px × 1655px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidbirdsofb, booksubjectbirds
