. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. TANAGRBLLA.—TANGAKA. SOIi series of under wing-coverts blaclfisli brown like the lower aspect of the tail. " Bill black ; feet dark brown " (Cat. Brit. Mus.). Total length 130 mm., exposed culmen 10, wing G9, tail 49, tarsus 16. The description of the male is based on a specimen collected on the Bonasika River in 1912. Adult female. Similar to the adult male but not quite so bright. Wing 68 mm. The female described was collected at Bartica in 1912. Breeding-season. Uiiknown in British Guian
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. TANAGRBLLA.—TANGAKA. SOIi series of under wing-coverts blaclfisli brown like the lower aspect of the tail. " Bill black ; feet dark brown " (Cat. Brit. Mus.). Total length 130 mm., exposed culmen 10, wing G9, tail 49, tarsus 16. The description of the male is based on a specimen collected on the Bonasika River in 1912. Adult female. Similar to the adult male but not quite so bright. Wing 68 mm. The female described was collected at Bartica in 1912. Breeding-season. Uiiknown in British Guiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, Bartica, Kamakabra River,' Bonasika River, Arawai River, Great Falls Demerara River {AlcConnell collection^ ; Mount Roraima, Merum^ Mountains, Kamarang River, Bartica (Whitely). Exlralimital Range. Surinam (Linni). Habits. Schomburgk writes of this species (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 667) :^There is one specimen that still remains unique in my collection which was also shot in the vicinity of the Roraima Mountains. The " Arawaaks " call it Kobaiku. Genus TANGAKA Briss. Ian gar a Brisson, Ornithologia, iii. p. 3, 1760. Type, by tautonymy T. tatao (Linn.).. Fig. 188.—Tangara paradisea. The species included in this genus have a great variety of colour but are almost uniform in measurements. The bill is compara- tively small and pointed ; its width and depth at the base are about two-thirds the length of the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded, the three outer primaries'longest and equal. The tail is square at the tip and about two-thirds the length o£ the wing. The tarsus 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 original Chubb, Charles; McConnell, Frederick Vavasour,
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