. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . er part of the naked tibia scarlet; irisbrown. Total length 330 mm., bill from gape 31, wing 1G2, tail (Jo,tarsus 47, middle toe and claw 76. Adult male. Similar to the adult female. AVino- 176 mm. The description of tlie female is taken from a specimen collectedon the Abary River. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. JS^est. Unrecorded in British (luiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Bartica, Abary Riyer (^McConnellcollection). ExtraUmital Range. The greater
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . er part of the naked tibia scarlet; irisbrown. Total length 330 mm., bill from gape 31, wing 1G2, tail (Jo,tarsus 47, middle toe and claw 76. Adult male. Similar to the adult female. AVino- 176 mm. The description of tlie female is taken from a specimen collectedon the Abary River. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. JS^est. Unrecorded in British (luiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Bartica, Abary Riyer (^McConnellcollection). ExtraUmital Range. The greater portion of North aud SouthAmerica. Habits. Schomburgk says (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 760) that thisspecies was found in company with Ionor)iis martinica near theboijs and in the Aviceniiien bu^h near the coast. Genus lONORNIS Reichonb. lonornis Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, \). xxi, 1852. Typo /. martinica(Linn.). This genus differs from (Jallimda in being more slender in formami ill having rm posterior caruncle on the fruutal sliield; generalcolour blui-Ii gifcn. 78 BIRDS OF BRITISH Yicr. 14.—To show the frontal shield. Kei/ to the Species. A. Larger, wing inore than loO mm.; under surface jiurplish blue /. martinica, p. 78. B. Smaller, wing less than 150 mm.; under surface white with a slight wash of pale hlue on the foie-neck , p. 79. 47. lonornis Gallinule. lonornis martinica (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 2o9, 17G6 (Martinica3inundatis) ; Beebe, Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 878, 1910(Abary Biver) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 26, no. ,1912. Porpliyrio martinicus Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 761, 1848;Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 177; Quelch, Timehri (2) v. p. lU7, 1891( Georgetown ). Forphyriola martinica Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 189, 1894(Demerara). Blue Moorhen {Qiielch). Adult female. Back, wings, and tail bluish green, brighter andmore blue on the upper wing-coverts ; quills brown on the innerwebs; head, n
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