. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 194 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Genus LEGATUS Scl. Legatm Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 46. Type L. alhicollis (Vieill.).. Pig. 81.—Legaius alhicollis. This genus is distinguished by the absence of a crest, in having the crown of the head yellow, and by the almost entire absence of rictal bristles. The bill is rather depressed, the width at the base being nearly equal to the length of the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded, the second, third, and fourth primaries longest and subequal, the first about equa
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 194 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Genus LEGATUS Scl. Legatm Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 46. Type L. alhicollis (Vieill.).. Pig. 81.—Legaius alhicollis. This genus is distinguished by the absence of a crest, in having the crown of the head yellow, and by the almost entire absence of rictal bristles. The bill is rather depressed, the width at the base being nearly equal to the length of the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded, the second, third, and fourth primaries longest and subequal, the first about equal in length to that of the fifth. The tail is square at the tip and about five-sevenths the length of the wing. The tarsus is rather less than one-third the length of the tail, and the hind toe and claw are almost equal in length to the middle toe and claw, (coloration : male and female similar. , 479. Legatus albicoUis successor. Little White-necked Flycatcher. Hloenia alhicollis (nee Vieill.) Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 701, 1848. Legatus alhicollis (nee Vieill.) Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 95 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa); Selater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 155 (part), 1888 (Camaeusa, Bartica 61*0ve); Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 292, no. 2977 (part), 1912. Legatus alhicollis successor Chubb. Bull. Brit. Om: Club, zl. p. 43, Dec. 8,1919. Adult niale. General colour of the upper surface smoke-brown including the back, wings, and tail; median and greater upper wing-coverts narrowly edged with white like the innermost secondary-quills ; inner webs of flight^quills broadly margined. 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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