. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. HKMITHBACPIS. LAMPEOSPIZA. 543 wings, and tail yellowish green ; inner webs of flight-quills dark brown with pale margins ; lower back and rump bright fawn- colour like the fore-neck ; upper and under tail-coverts, sides of neck, lores, and a line over the eye yellow ; throat and sides of face black; sides of body and thighs ash-grey; middle of abdomen pale yellow ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of quills below white; remainder of quill-liuing dark brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its u
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. HKMITHBACPIS. LAMPEOSPIZA. 543 wings, and tail yellowish green ; inner webs of flight-quills dark brown with pale margins ; lower back and rump bright fawn- colour like the fore-neck ; upper and under tail-coverts, sides of neck, lores, and a line over the eye yellow ; throat and sides of face black; sides of body and thighs ash-grey; middle of abdomen pale yellow ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of quills below white; remainder of quill-liuing dark brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper surface. Total length 124 mm., exposed culmen 11, wing 67, tail 49, tarsus 16. The male described was collected on the Abary Eiver in July 1906. Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the upper surface yellowish olive-green, including the top of the head, sides of face, sides of neck, nape, entire back, upper tail-coverts, wings, and tail; inner webs of flight-quills dark with whitish margins; throat and remainder of under surface pale yellow; sides of body grey; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and base of quills below white, remainder of quill-lining hair-brown. Wing 65 mm. The female described was collected at Mount Roraima by Mr. McGonnell during his expedition in October 1898. Breedinfi-season. Unknown. Neit. Unrecorded. Eggs. Undescribed. Range confined to British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Abary River {McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima (^Whitely). Hahits. Unrecorded. Genus LAMPEOSPIZA Cab. Lamprospiza Cabanis, Arch, fiir Naturg. pt. i. p. 246, 1847. Type L. melaiiolettca (Vieill.).. Fig. 197.—Lamprospiza charmesi. In this genus the bill is pointed and somewhat large in. 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.
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