. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 410 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. The female described was collected at Mashapu. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Gruiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Bartica, Bonasika Eiver, Masbapu, Abary River {McConnell collection) ; Yaruani River ( Whitely). Extralimital Range. Cayenne {Gnielin), Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia. Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Genus GRANATELLUS Bonap. Oranatellus Bonaparte, Consp.


. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 410 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. The female described was collected at Mashapu. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Gruiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Bartica, Bonasika Eiver, Masbapu, Abary River {McConnell collection) ; Yaruani River ( Whitely). Extralimital Range. Cayenne {Gnielin), Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia. Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Genus GRANATELLUS Bonap. Oranatellus Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i. p. 312, 1850. Type O. venustus (Bonap.).. Fig. 157.—To illustrate the shape of the bill. This genus is easily distinguished by the bright red colour on the under surface. The bill is somewhat arched, the width at the base being about half the length of the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded, the third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest, the second about equal to the sixth and the first about equal to the eighth. The tail is rounded at the tip and about one-sixth longer than the wing. The tarsus is nearly twice the length of the exposed culmen. Coloration : male and female similar. 607. Granatellus pelzelni. Pelzeln's Warbler. Oranatellus pelzelni Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 607, pi. xxxvii. fig. 1 (Destaramento do Eibeirao, Eio Madeira); Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 204 (Camacusa) ; Sharpe, Cat. Brit. Mus. x. p. 370, 1885 (Camacusa, March and May); Braboume & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 356, no. 8645, 1912. Adult male. Buck, upper wing-coverts, outer aspect of flight- quills, and upper tail-coverts slate-blue ; crown of head, sides of. 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. London, B. Quaritch


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