. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . a River to a point above the falls on theEssequibo, .and as this has diverted the greatei- part of the traffic fromthe lower part of the Essequibo, Bartica seems to be doomed and hasalready assumed a semi-abandoned appearance. VVe have been unable to find any account of the late Mr. F. expedition to Roraima in 1898; but the collections ofzoology made during his journey were described in the Transactionsof the Linnean Society, Zoology, (2) viii. p. 51, 1900, and the followingabstract, whic
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . a River to a point above the falls on theEssequibo, .and as this has diverted the greatei- part of the traffic fromthe lower part of the Essequibo, Bartica seems to be doomed and hasalready assumed a semi-abandoned appearance. VVe have been unable to find any account of the late Mr. F. expedition to Roraima in 1898; but the collections ofzoology made during his journey were described in the Transactionsof the Linnean Society, Zoology, (2) viii. p. 51, 1900, and the followingabstract, which has been made from the work mentioned, will show theroute taken on that occasion :— The specimens were obtained by Mr. J. J. Quelch and myself(F. V. McConnell) on our second expedition to Roraima in August,September, and October, 1898. The route taken on this occasion wasby the Mazaruni and Curubung rivers to the Falls of Macrobah,a boat-journey of twenty days, and thence by land to a point onthe Upper Mazaruni whei-e that river flows at a height of 1300 feet. Birds of British SUMMIT Of MOUNT liOiMlMA.
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