. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . entina andChile. JIdhits. According to Schombiirgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 758)till habits and distrilnition of this bird are the same as those ofIlomojitUlint vinJiilata. Genus HOMOPTILURA Gray. If(>i))0]ifih(rn (Irav. List Gen. B. 1840, p. 70. Tvpe //. iimhihdii(H.)da.)- This genus differs chiefly in the long bill, which resembles thatof a Woodcock and is rather more than twice the length of thetail ; the tail sliohtlv exceeds the tarsus in lenoth, and the win-exceeds the length of the tail by a li
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . entina andChile. JIdhits. According to Schombiirgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 758)till habits and distrilnition of this bird are the same as those ofIlomojitUlint vinJiilata. Genus HOMOPTILURA Gray. If(>i))0]ifih(rn (Irav. List Gen. B. 1840, p. 70. Tvpe //. iimhihdii(H.)da.)- This genus differs chiefly in the long bill, which resembles thatof a Woodcock and is rather more than twice the length of thetail ; the tail sliohtlv exceeds the tarsus in lenoth, and the win-exceeds the length of the tail by a little more th;in two-thirds. 80. Homoptilura Snipe. GaUlnarjo vmhthiia i Boda.); Tabl PI. Enl. p. 54, 1783 (Cayenne); SaVvin, Ibis, ISSG, p. 179 (Menuue Mts., Roraima. 3o6o ft.) ; Sliarpe. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 0-39, 1896; Bnihounie &. Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 43, no. 419. i^ahiilosa Cab. in Scbom]). Reis. Guian. iii. p. 758, 1848. Adult. Upper surface black or dark brown varied with dullwhite or saiidv Ituff which takes the foim of bars, spots, or.
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