. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 316 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Berbice River {McConnell collection) ; Canuku Mountains (Schomburgk). Extralimital Range. Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Central and North Brazil. Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Gruian. iii. p. 691) this species visits the Canuku Mountains, but only as a straggler, and it was not known to breed in the Colony. The "Macusis" called it Yackami or Yackeng, and the " Warra
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 316 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Berbice River {McConnell collection) ; Canuku Mountains (Schomburgk). Extralimital Range. Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Central and North Brazil. Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Gruian. iii. p. 691) this species visits the Canuku Mountains, but only as a straggler, and it was not known to breed in the Colony. The "Macusis" called it Yackami or Yackeng, and the " Warraus " Sachia. Genus PKOCNIAS 111. Procnias lUiger, Prodr. p. 228, 1811. Type P. carnoharha (Less.).. Fig. 12G.—Frocnias carnoharla. This genus is distinguished by the string-like wattles on the throat and fore-neck, which are black in the dried skin. The bill is flattenedj the width at the base is about three-fourths the length of the exposed culmen, the nostrils are rounded and exposed. The wing is rounded, the third primary longest, the second, fourth, and fifth about equal, and the first about equal to the seventh. The. 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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