. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . s a s Q § i^ >^ y x^ >j ,«•<• .•V ^ ^ •V ^ 5. V; !^ ^ r«<. 5 =5 C ^ . V ■»• ► _^ CH. ^ I XEOMORPHUS.—TAPERA. 44 3 303. Neomorplius ruflpennis. Rufous-winged Cuckoo. (Plate IX.) Culfrides rnjlpennis Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 63, pi. s. (Gruiana).Seomorjjlins riijipennis Cab. & Hein. Mus. Heine, iv. p. 92, note, 1862 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 249 ; id. op. cit. 1866, p. 60 ; Pelz. Orn. Bra?. p. 272, 1871; Scl. & Salv. Xomencl. Av. Xeotr. p. 107, 1873; Lawr. Ibis, 1873. pp. 292, 29-5 ; Salvin, I
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . s a s Q § i^ >^ y x^ >j ,«•<• .•V ^ ^ •V ^ 5. V; !^ ^ r«<. 5 =5 C ^ . V ■»• ► _^ CH. ^ I XEOMORPHUS.—TAPERA. 44 3 303. Neomorplius ruflpennis. Rufous-winged Cuckoo. (Plate IX.) Culfrides rnjlpennis Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 63, pi. s. (Gruiana).Seomorjjlins riijipennis Cab. & Hein. Mus. Heine, iv. p. 92, note, 1862 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 249 ; id. op. cit. 1866, p. 60 ; Pelz. Orn. Bra?. p. 272, 1871; Scl. & Salv. Xomencl. Av. Xeotr. p. 107, 1873; Lawr. Ibis, 1873. pp. 292, 29-5 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 63 (Camacusa) ; Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 418, 1891; Brabourne & Ciiubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 153, no. 1494, 1912. Adult. Head, hind-neck, and a broad band across the fore-neckblue-Hack, becoming more green on the back and upper wing-coverts ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blue-black,becoming purple on the secondaries, which are edged with darkred on the outer webs, as are also some ot the greater coverts :lower back bronze-green ; tail purple, the tips and outer featheisgreen with purple reflections, the outermost {)air blue-black ;thro
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