. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . harpe, Cat. B. Brit. p. 233, 1894; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 27,no. 267, 1912. Podoa siirinamensis Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guiana, p. 76o, 1848. Heliornis surinamensis Brown, Canoe and Camp Life, p. 47, 1876(Cartoonie). Little Ducklar or Frog-footed Duck, Duck {Quelcli). Adult male. Entire back, wings, lower flanks, and under tail-coverts bronze-brown ; crown of head, hind-neck, and a line onthe side of the neck black ^ a bright rufous patch on the sides ofthe face; throat
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . harpe, Cat. B. Brit. p. 233, 1894; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 27,no. 267, 1912. Podoa siirinamensis Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guiana, p. 76o, 1848. Heliornis surinamensis Brown, Canoe and Camp Life, p. 47, 1876(Cartoonie). Little Ducklar or Frog-footed Duck, Duck {Quelcli). Adult male. Entire back, wings, lower flanks, and under tail-coverts bronze-brown ; crown of head, hind-neck, and a line onthe side of the neck black ^ a bright rufous patch on the sides ofthe face; throat white, as also a space in front of the eye^ a linebehind the eye, and another on the side of the neck ; breast andabdomen also white with a wash of buff more intensely on the HELIORXIS. 81 upper breast. Bill bright red with a slight black mark outhe culmen and behind the nostrils, under mandible whitish witha whitish-yellowish streak near the base ; toes clear yellow, themiildle one with three black cross-bands^ the inner one with two,and the outer one with four ; iris greyish
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