. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 426 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Range in British Guiana. Great Falls Demerara River (ilfcCon- nell collection); Bartica ( H'/w'ie/^); Georgetown (QweZcA, Beebe)) Hoorie Creek (^Beebe). Extralimital Range. Surinam {Penard}, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, North, Brazil. Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 678) this bird is move commonly met with on the outskirts o£ woods and plantations near the coast than inland. It is usually met with in pairs, though solitary individuals are sometimes
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 426 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Range in British Guiana. Great Falls Demerara River (ilfcCon- nell collection); Bartica ( H'/w'ie/^); Georgetown (QweZcA, Beebe)) Hoorie Creek (^Beebe). Extralimital Range. Surinam {Penard}, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, North, Brazil. Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 678) this bird is move commonly met with on the outskirts o£ woods and plantations near the coast than inland. It is usually met with in pairs, though solitary individuals are sometimes found amongst roaming flocks. The nest is mnde o£ mosses lined with plant-wool and placed in thickly foliaged bushes. The nest was found in November. Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) v. pp. 84, 85), who observed this species in Georgetown, writes:—" Known as well by the name grass-bird as by their special names of twa-twa and tawa-twa slave {Oryzohorus crassirostris). The twa-twa is much prized as a cage-bird, and about town they fetch high prices—their whistling and chirping being very sweet and rich. They are frequently seen on the outskirts of the city among the grass and low bush of the open lands, where they feed on various seeds and ; Beebe (Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 142) writes :—" With the sudden rush of light came the distant bubbling of Twa-twas, those little thick-billed pygmy ; Genus PYRRHULAGRA Bonap. Pyrrhulagra Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i, p. 492, 1850. Type P. portori- censis (Daud.),. Fig. 162.:—Pyrrhulagra portoricensiSi The members of this genus are easily distinguished by the almost black plumage of the males and the olive-biown and grey females. The bill is stout and pointed, its depth at the nostrils is. 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 orig
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