. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 160 BIRPS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 454. MicrococMearius josepMnse. Josephine's Tody-Ttrant. (Plate IV. fig. 2.) Euscarthmus josepMnte Chubb, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xxxiii. p. 132, May 28, 1914. Adult {type of the species). General colour o£ the upper surface olive-green including the head, back, wings, and tail; inner webs of flight-quills brown with pale inner margins ; lores whitish at the base ; ear-coverts pale brown; throat and entire under surface lemon-yellow suffused with dusky grey on the throat w
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 160 BIRPS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 454. MicrococMearius josepMnse. Josephine's Tody-Ttrant. (Plate IV. fig. 2.) Euscarthmus josepMnte Chubb, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xxxiii. p. 132, May 28, 1914. Adult {type of the species). General colour o£ the upper surface olive-green including the head, back, wings, and tail; inner webs of flight-quills brown with pale inner margins ; lores whitish at the base ; ear-coverts pale brown; throat and entire under surface lemon-yellow suffused with dusky grey on the throat where the yellow is very pale, becoming deep ochraceous-yellow on the breast, sides of the body, thighs, and under tail-coverts; under wing- coverts rather paler yellow than the abdomen; under surface of quills brown with pale inner edges; lower aspect of tail brown with white shafts to the feathers. Total length 109 mm., exposed culraen 12, wing 55, tail 44, tarsus 20. The type was collected on the Supenaam River jn 1910. Breeding-season. Unknown. Nest. Unrecorded. Eggs. Undescribed. Range confined to British Guiana. Supenaam River (McConnell collection). Habits. 'Unrecorded. Genus PERISSOTRICCUS Oberh. Perissotriccus Oberholser, Proc. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 64,1892. Type jP. ecaudatus (d'Orb & Lafr.).. Fig. 65.—Perissotriccus ecaudatus. The species included in this genus are conspicuous by their. 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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