. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ) observed this specieson the Abary River, and remarks :—A Little Ducklar or Frog-footed Duck {Heliornis fulica), di\.v\\. brown above and grey below,with streaks of white on the head and neck, with a sharp andnarrow bill, and with a web divided up around the toes, was oftenseen skimming along the surface of the water, which its wingsand feet often just slightly splashed, but more frequently theywere but just seen before they disappeared below the water. Order PODICIPIDiE. The
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ) observed this specieson the Abary River, and remarks :—A Little Ducklar or Frog-footed Duck {Heliornis fulica), di\.v\\. brown above and grey below,with streaks of white on the head and neck, with a sharp andnarrow bill, and with a web divided up around the toes, was oftenseen skimming along the surface of the water, which its wingsand feet often just slightly splashed, but more frequently theywere but just seen before they disappeared below the water. Order PODICIPIDiE. The Grebes are easily distinguished from all other birds bytheir compressed tarsi, broadly lobed toes, and their obsoletetails. They are distributed on all the large continents of theworld. Nine species are known in South America, one beingrepresented in British Guiana. Genus TACHYBAPTUS Reichenb. Tachylajytus Reiclienbach, Syst. Nat. Vog. p. iii, 1850, Type T. rufi-collis (Vroeg). The South American birds of this genus are of small size, withthin and almost straight bills. TACHYBAPTUS. «3. Figr. IG.—To illustrate the foot of a Givbe. 50. Tacliybaptus Grebe. Podiceps Ijracliyrhynclins Chapm. Bull. Amei\ Mus. xii. p. 255, 1899(Matto Grosso) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Aiuer. i. p. 27, ao. 268,1912. Cohjmhus dominicus Cab. in Sehomb. Reis. Guiana, iii. p. 7G5, 18-18. Podicfys dominicus Salvin, Ibis, 188G, p. 181 ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Mus. xxvi. p. 520, 1898 (British Guiana). Adult. General colour above and below dark brown ; paler onthe hinder face and grey on the lores ; a line below the eye andchin while ; flight-quills for the most part white with brown onthe outer webs and at the ti])s ; tlie feathers of the under surfacetipped with silky white; iixiilarics, under wing-coverts, audgreater part of the quill-lining wliito. Total length 1C5 mm., culmeii I.), wing 1)0, tarsus M, niiddletoe and claw 4-4. Tlic mai(! and fcmalo arc similar Ijolh
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