. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. PLATYPSARIS. 269 Genns PLATYPSARIS Sclater. Platypsaris Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 74. Type P. aglaiie (Lafr.).. Fig. 108.—To show the short and peculiar form of the second primary. In this genus the bill is keeled, the width at the base is about one-third the length of the exposed culmen, the upper mandible is sharply hooked, and the nostrils are almost covered. The rictal bristles are feebly developed. The region of the eye is feathered. The wing is rounded, the third and fourth primaries longest a
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. PLATYPSARIS. 269 Genns PLATYPSARIS Sclater. Platypsaris Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 74. Type P. aglaiie (Lafr.).. Fig. 108.—To show the short and peculiar form of the second primary. In this genus the bill is keeled, the width at the base is about one-third the length of the exposed culmen, the upper mandible is sharply hooked, and the nostrils are almost covered. The rictal bristles are feebly developed. The region of the eye is feathered. The wing is rounded, the third and fourth primaries longest and equal, the first about equal in length to the fifth. The tail is slightly rounded at the tip and about three-fourths the length of the wing. The feet are slender, the tarsus is about one-third the length of the tail, and the hind toe and claw are almost equal in length to the middle toe and claw. Coloration : male and female entirely different. 525. Platypsaris minor. Querula minor Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 363, 1830 (Cayenne). Sadrostomus minor Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 302 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa); Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 337, 1888 (Camacusa, Bartica Grove). Platypsaris minor Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 315, no. 3214, 1912. Adult male. General colour of the upper surface, including the head, back, wings, and tail, glossy black ; base of scapulars white which forms a more or less concealed patch ; greater upper wing- coverts and flight-quills dark brown, the latter white at the base;. 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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