. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. . Head and wing of Elainea gigas. (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 832.) Above dark olivaceous brown; head crested, with a large vertical spot; wings and tail dark brown ; a double band across the wing- coverts and external margins of the outer secondaries dirty white ; rest of wing-feathers and tail-feathers slightly margined with oliva- ceous : beneath, throat grey; breast and flanks greyish olivaceous ; middle of belly yellow ; under wing-coverts and crissum yellowish grey ; bill reddish brown, lighter at the base ; feet blackish : whole length 6 inches, wi
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. . Head and wing of Elainea gigas. (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 832.) Above dark olivaceous brown; head crested, with a large vertical spot; wings and tail dark brown ; a double band across the wing- coverts and external margins of the outer secondaries dirty white ; rest of wing-feathers and tail-feathers slightly margined with oliva- ceous : beneath, throat grey; breast and flanks greyish olivaceous ; middle of belly yellow ; under wing-coverts and crissum yellowish grey ; bill reddish brown, lighter at the base ; feet blackish : whole length 6 inches, wing 3-8, tail 3*3. Female similar. Hob. Ecuador and Peru. This species is chiefly distinguishable from E. pagana by its large size; but it is also darker above, and has a much larger white ver- tical spot, which occupies nearly the whole of the interior of the crest. a. Ad. sk. Rio Napo. b, c. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). d. Ad. sk. Ecuador. e. Ad. sk. Huiro, S. Peru (Whxte&y). f. Ad. sk. Cosnipata, S. Peru ( JVJiitelg). Sclater Coll. (Type of the species.) Salvin-Godman Coll. Sclater Coll. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. ,. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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