. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . le. Differs from the adult male in having the thront,middle of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, and paletips to tiie outer tail-feathers. AVing 43 mm. Tiie male described was collected on the Abary River, and tliofemale on the Kivcr. Unknown. Sest. Unrecorded. 2 I) 2 404 BIKDS OF BRITISH GUIAXA. Eggs. Undescribed. Range. Confined to British Guiana : Mount Roraima, IturibisiRiver, Abary River, Kamuni River (^McConnell collection); Annai,Mount Roraima ( Whitely) ;

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. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . le. Differs from the adult male in having the thront,middle of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, and paletips to tiie outer tail-feathers. AVing 43 mm. Tiie male described was collected on the Abary River, and tliofemale on the Kivcr. Unknown. Sest. Unrecorded. 2 I) 2 404 BIKDS OF BRITISH GUIAXA. Eggs. Undescribed. Range. Confined to British Guiana : Mount Roraima, IturibisiRiver, Abary River, Kamuni River (^McConnell collection); Annai,Mount Roraima ( Whitely) ; Georgetown (Quelch). Habits. Mr. J. J. Quelch, who observed this species in George-town, remarks (Timehri (2) v. p. 101) :—The smallest of thegroup to be found about the town, and fairly commonly, is a tinygreenlet {Chlorostilhon atala).^ Genus THALURANIA Gould. Thahirania Gould, P. Z. S. ISiS, p. 13. Type T. nigrofasciata (Gould). This genus is characterized by the slender bill, the tomia of themandible rolled inwards towards the tip, the interramal spacefeathered, and the tail W

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