. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. COMPSOTHLYPIS. DENDKCECA. 403 cliin, abdomen, and sides of body yellow; throat and breast fawn-colour; under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts white ; axillaries grey ; under surface of flight-quills greyish brown. Total length 108 mm., exposed culmen 10, wing 57, tail 41, tarsus 16. The specimen from which the description is taken was collected at Mount Roraima by Mr. McOonnell during his expedition in October 189«. Adult female. Differs from the adult male in being less bright and rather smaller
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. COMPSOTHLYPIS. DENDKCECA. 403 cliin, abdomen, and sides of body yellow; throat and breast fawn-colour; under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts white ; axillaries grey ; under surface of flight-quills greyish brown. Total length 108 mm., exposed culmen 10, wing 57, tail 41, tarsus 16. The specimen from which the description is taken was collected at Mount Roraima by Mr. McOonnell during his expedition in October 189«. Adult female. Differs from the adult male in being less bright and rather smaller in size. Wing 50 mm. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undeseribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima (^AlcConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima ( Whitely). â Extralimital Range. Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, East Ecuador. , Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Genus DENDEffiCA Gray. Dendroeca Gray, List Genera B. App. 8, 1842. Type D. coronatus (Linn.).. Fig. 154.âTo show the pointed bUl. The members of this genus are for the most part small and brightly coloured birds. The bill is pointedj the width at the base being-about half the length of the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded, the second primary longest, and the first is about equal in length to the third. The tail is square at the tip and almost two- thirds the length of the wing. The tarsus is about half the length of the tail and about twice the length of the exposed culmen. Coloration : the female differs in being less bright. Key to the Species. A. Crown of head yellow D. (Bstiva,-p. 4i04i. B. Crown of head black D. Ireviunguis,-p. 4!.Q5. 2d2. 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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