. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 296 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. from bough to bough and tree to tree, that Paulie, who was trying to shoot them, starfed five, but only succeeded in ob- taining one specimen. He found a dancing place of these birds in a thicket, the ground being beaten down quite smooth by their feet; and on visiting it early in the morning with Ben, the two together succeeded in shooting two cocks and a hen bird. They told me that there were numbers around the dancing place, and that the two cocks they shot were strutt
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 296 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. from bough to bough and tree to tree, that Paulie, who was trying to shoot them, starfed five, but only succeeded in ob- taining one specimen. He found a dancing place of these birds in a thicket, the ground being beaten down quite smooth by their feet; and on visiting it early in the morning with Ben, the two together succeeded in shooting two cocks and a hen bird. They told me that there were numbers around the dancing place, and that the two cocks they shot were strutting about with their feathers distended, showing themselves off before the ; Genus EUCHLOKNIS de Fil. Euclilornis de Filippi, Mus. Mediol. An. Vert. cl. ii. p. 31, 1847. Type E. riefferi (Boiss.).. Fig. 116.—Muohlornis riefferi. In this genus the bill is depressed at the base, sharply hooked at the tip, and the posterior portion of the nostrils feathered. The wing is rounded, the fourth and fifth primaries longest and sub- equal, the third about equal to the sixth and the second about equal to the seventh. The tail is square at the tip and about three- fourths the length of the wing. The tarsus is about twice the length of the exposed culmen. Coloration : male and female different. 540. EuGhlornis whitelyi. Whitely's Chatterer. Pipreola whitelyi Salvin & Godman, Ibis, 1884, p. 449 (Roraima, 6000 ft.); Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 304, 1886, p. 502, pi. xii. (Twek- quey Mt., 3000 ft.). Huclilornis wMtelyi Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 322, no 8290 1912. Adult male. Crown of head, nape, and sides of face dark slate- grey ; back, scapulars, and upper tail-coverts olive-green ; outer. 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. Lond
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