. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 192 bieds of bbitish guiana. Note. "Elainea bkevieostris. " Elainea Irevirostris Tsch. Fauna Per. p. 159 ; Cab. in Schomb. Gruiana, iii. p. 701; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 272. "According to Dr. Cabanis, specimens o£ this species were obtained by Schomburgk near the coast which agreed with others from Peril. We have not been able to recognise the bird in Mr. Whitely's ;—Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 295. I can only add to what Salvin wrote, that I have failed to find any trace of
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 192 bieds of bbitish guiana. Note. "Elainea bkevieostris. " Elainea Irevirostris Tsch. Fauna Per. p. 159 ; Cab. in Schomb. Gruiana, iii. p. 701; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 272. "According to Dr. Cabanis, specimens o£ this species were obtained by Schomburgk near the coast which agreed with others from Peril. We have not been able to recognise the bird in Mr. Whitely's ;—Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 295. I can only add to what Salvin wrote, that I have failed to find any trace of the species in the McOonnell collection.—C. C Genus ELAINOPSIS Ridgw. Ulainopsis Eidgway, Proo. Biol. Soc. Wash, xviii. p. 210, 1905. Type H. gavmardii (d'Orb.).. Fig. 80.—Elainopsis gaimardii. The chief character in this genus is the spine at the base of the first, or outer primary on the under surface of the wing. The bill is short and pointed, the upper mandible is hooked, the width at the base is about half the length of the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded; the second, third, and fourth primaries longest and equal, the first about equal in length to that of the sixth. The tail is square at the tip and nearly as long as the wing. The tarsus is about twice the length of the exposed culmen, and the hind toe and claw almost equal in length to the middle toe and claw. Coloration: male and female similar. 478. Elainopsis guianensis. Berlepsoh's Gbested Fltcatohbr. Elainea elegans Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 298 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa, Merume Mts., Mt. Eoraima). Elainea gaimardi (nee d'Orb. & Lafr.) Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 150, 1888 (Mt. Eoraima, Merume Mts., Camacusa, Bartica Grove).. 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.
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