. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . Pyrrhura pi eta. Fig. 60.—To show the squamated appearance on thesideij ot the Pyrrhura 61.—To illustrate the graduated tail. Adult female. Similar to the adult male in the colour ofthe plumage, but, as regards the wing-measurements, we havemeasured several of each sex and find that the male is slighilythe largest. Wing 120 mm. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Sesl. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eqas. Undescriljed from British Guiana. PTRRHLRA. 313 Range in Brlthh Guiana.
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . Pyrrhura pi eta. Fig. 60.—To show the squamated appearance on thesideij ot the Pyrrhura 61.—To illustrate the graduated tail. Adult female. Similar to the adult male in the colour ofthe plumage, but, as regards the wing-measurements, we havemeasured several of each sex and find that the male is slighilythe largest. Wing 120 mm. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Sesl. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eqas. Undescriljed from British Guiana. PTRRHLRA. 313 Range in Brlthh Guiana. Esseqoebo River (McConnell col-lection^ ; Quonga. Takutu River (Wliitely) ; Cannku Moantaius{Schombin-gh). ExtraUmital Range. Surinam [Penard). Cayenne. Habits. Schomburgk writes (Reis. Gaian. iii. p, 728) that thisbt-antiful gaily-coloured species is one of the tatev Parrots inBritish Guiana. He only met with it in the Canuku does not appear to leave the woods o£ the high altitade?, whereit roams about in small companies. Its quick lightning flight isaccompanied by its loud cries, but when feeding it is quite sileiit^He never saw any cage! specimens in the
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