. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . e met with during his trip on the Abar\ River wasri>sa. the S\vallo\v-win;^ed Barbel. 480 BIllDS OF BRITISH GlIANA. family PICID^. The Woodpeckers are medium and small sized birds. Theirplumage is generally harsh in texture and variously bills are very strong, straight, and -wedge-shaped at the necks are thin. Their wings are usually rounded, the third,fourth, fifth, and sixth quills being longest and subequal. Theirtails are generally rounded, the feathers being pointed an
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . e met with during his trip on the Abar\ River wasri>sa. the S\vallo\v-win;^ed Barbel. 480 BIllDS OF BRITISH GlIANA. family PICID^. The Woodpeckers are medium and small sized birds. Theirplumage is generally harsh in texture and variously bills are very strong, straight, and -wedge-shaped at the necks are thin. Their wings are usually rounded, the third,fourth, fifth, and sixth quills being longest and subequal. Theirtails are generally rounded, the feathers being pointed and theshafts much stiffened. Their legs are short, their feet small, theirtoes four in number, two being directed forwards and two back-wards, and their claws are strong and sharply curved. They are distributed in Europe, Africa, Asia, North, Central,and South America, and the West India Islands. There are fifteengenera and about one hundred and fifty-two species known tooccur in South America, nine genera and sixteen species beingrepresented in British
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