. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ; Braboimie & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 92, no. 869, 1912. Hia-Hia, Hawk-headed Parrot (Llo^/d). Adult mcde. Buck, rump, wings, tail, under wing-coverts, sidesof body, and under tail-coverts green ; flight-quills black, innersecondaries green on the outer webs ; outer webs of outer t;iil-feathers bluish ; the elongated feathers on lower hind-neck andsides of neck crimson-red, edged with l)lue at the tips ; breast andabdomen similar, but the colours darker in tone, the tips of thefeathers on the sides o
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ; Braboimie & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 92, no. 869, 1912. Hia-Hia, Hawk-headed Parrot (Llo^/d). Adult mcde. Buck, rump, wings, tail, under wing-coverts, sidesof body, and under tail-coverts green ; flight-quills black, innersecondaries green on the outer webs ; outer webs of outer t;iil-feathers bluish ; the elongated feathers on lower hind-neck andsides of neck crimson-red, edged with l)lue at the tips ; breast andabdomen similar, but the colours darker in tone, the tips of thefeathers on the sides of the breast are edged with green ; forepart of head dull white; fore part of cheeks, sides of face andnape dusky with white shaft-lines to the feathers ; lower aspect DEROriYUS. 333Bill oE tail-feathers and quill-lining black, or brownish black,dusky horn-colour ; feet black ; iiis brown/ Total lenoth 335 mm., culmen 32, wing 202, tail 154, tarsus 21. The male from which the description is taken was collected onthe Bonasika River. Adult female. Similar to the adult male. Wing 192 Deropiyus G2.—To illustrate the nape-frill. The female described is in the British Museum, and was col-lected by AVhitely at Kamakusa on the 11th of March, 1<S<S2—Salvin-Godman collection. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Nest. It breeds in the holes of trees {Schomhurgk). Eggs. It la^s two eggs (Schoinhurgk). Range in British Guiana. lturil)isi liiver, Bartica, BonasikaRiver, Anarica liiver {McCoimcIl collection) ; Murume Mountains,Kamakusa (M/iiteli/). lianqe. North Brazil. 334 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Scliomburgk writes (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 726) tliat tliisl»eautiful Parrot was distributed over the ^rreater portion of BritishGuiana, though not so very coninion. It was, as a rule, seen inpairs, but rarely in small flocks. In its mode of life it differedsomewhat from the preceding species = ^?«aco«a ostiva. It prefers the lower f
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