. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . in British Guiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Abary River(McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima, 3500 ft., Annai{miiteh/) ; Takutu (ScJwmhurgk) ; Georgetown {Qnelch). Extralimital Range. Trinidad^ Venezuela, Colombia. HaUts. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 707) that heobtained this species once near Takutu, where it was rare. Thefemale is slightly duller than the male, and the young males arelike the female
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . in British Guiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Abary River(McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima, 3500 ft., Annai{miiteh/) ; Takutu (ScJwmhurgk) ; Georgetown {Qnelch). Extralimital Range. Trinidad^ Venezuela, Colombia. HaUts. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 707) that heobtained this species once near Takutu, where it was rare. Thefemale is slightly duller than the male, and the young males arelike the females. The Macusis call it Komariuhi. Mr. J. J. Quelch, who observed this bird at Georgetown,remarks (Timehri (2) v. p. 100):—The White-tailed Golden-throat (^Chrgsohronchus virescens) is to be met with, though notcommonlv, on the outskirts of the town. Genus TOPAZ A Gray. Tojmza Gray, List aen. B. p. , 1840. Type T. pella (Linn.). This genus is easily distinguished by the peculiar form of thetail, two of the siibniodian feathers being much elongated andcrossino- fach other. TOPAZA. 417. Topaza 86.—To show the form of the tail. 283. Topaza Topaz. Trochilus pella Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 10th ed. p. 119, 1758 (Guiana) ; Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 707, 1818 ; Brown, Canoe and Camp Life, p. 47, 1870 (Cartoonie River).Topaza pella Salvin, Ibis, 1S85, p. 432 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa, Merume Mts., Atapurau Riverj ; W. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1887, p. 317 (Maccasseema, Pouieroon River) ; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 332, 1892 (Demerard) ; Beebe, Our Search for a Wilderness, pp. 307, 325, 1910 (Aremu); Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. J). 125, no. 1208, 1912. Kurabimiti or King lluniniing-ljirJ {Quelch).Adult male. Crown of head, side-s of faco, and a band acrcssthe Torc-iUck deo[) velvol y-blacU ; Iiiiid-iicck, iniiiil If, forc-iuH-lv, 2 !•; 418 BIRDS OK JiKlTLSIi GUIANA. and breast deep red, paler aud more coppery red on the upperwing-coverts and l
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