. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 284 BIRDS OF BRITISH CiUIANA, Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, Bartica, Kamakabra River, Bonasika River, Makauria River, Great Falls Demerara River, Tiger Creek (McConnell collection) ; Merume Mountains, Kamakusa, Bartica ( Whitely). Extralimital Range. Colombia, Eucador, East Peru, Eastern Brazil. ? Habits. According to Schomburgk (Re
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 284 BIRDS OF BRITISH CiUIANA, Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, Bartica, Kamakabra River, Bonasika River, Makauria River, Great Falls Demerara River, Tiger Creek (McConnell collection) ; Merume Mountains, Kamakusa, Bartica ( Whitely). Extralimital Range. Colombia, Eucador, East Peru, Eastern Brazil. ? Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 694) this bird has similar habits to those o£ Lathria cineraceus, but not the same shrill note. See p. 278. Genus ATTILA Less. , Attila Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 360, 1830. Type A. hrasiliensis Fig. 113.—To show bill and rictal bristles. The birds that comprise this genus are o£ medium size. The bill is compressed and sharply hooked at the tip of the upper mandible, the width at the base is about two-thirds the length of the exposed culmen. The rictal bristles, though short, are strongly developed. The wing is rounded, the third and fourth primaries are longest and equal, the second is rather shorter than the fifth but much longer than the sixth, and the first is about equal in length to the secondary-quills. The tail is square at the tip, the feathers rather wide and about five-sevenths the length of the wing. The tarsus is about one-third longer than the exposed culmen. Colo- ration : male and female 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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