. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. ARREMON. 469 Genus ARREMON Vieill. Arremon Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith. p. 32, 1816. Type A. taci- turnus (Herin.).. Fig. 178.—Arremon taciturnus. In this genus the bill is pointed and conical, the length of the exposed culmen exceeds the depth at the base by about one-third. The wing is rounded, the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries are longest and subequal, the second is intermediate in length between the sixth and seventh, and the first about four-fifths the length of the second. The ta
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. ARREMON. 469 Genus ARREMON Vieill. Arremon Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith. p. 32, 1816. Type A. taci- turnus (Herin.).. Fig. 178.—Arremon taciturnus. In this genus the bill is pointed and conical, the length of the exposed culmen exceeds the depth at the base by about one-third. The wing is rounded, the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries are longest and subequal, the second is intermediate in length between the sixth and seventh, and the first about four-fifths the length of the second. The tail is rounded at the tip, the middle feathers exceed the outermost by about one-fifth. The tarsus is about twice the length of the exposed culmen. Coloration : male and female different. 645. Arremon taciturnus. Pectoral Spakrow. Tanagra taciturna Herm. Tab. AfRn. Anim. p. 214 note, 1788. Tanagra silens Bodd. Tabl. Pl. Enl. p. 46, 1783 (Guiana). Arremon silens Cab. in Scliomb. lleis. Guian. iii. p. 677, 1848; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 212 (Eoraima, 35OO-4O0O ft., Merume Mts., Cama- cusa, Atapurau Kiver); Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 273,1886 (Bartica Grove, Atapurow Eiver, Camacusa, Merume Mts., Eoraima) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 886, no. 3957, 1912 ; Beebe, Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana, p. 136, 1917 (Bartica). Arremon taciturnus Stresem. Nov. Zool. xxvii. p. 828, 1920. Adult male. Entire back and outer aspect of wings yellowish bronze-green ; bend of wing bright yellow ; inner webs of bastard-wing, greater upper wing-coverts, primary-coverts, and flight-quills blackish brown ; tail also blackish brown more or less tinged with bronze-green ; head, nape, sides of face, and a. 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 Chubb, Charles; McConnell, Frederick Vavasour, d. 1914. L
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