. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 308 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. inner cayity near the top. The cavity iu which the eggs lay was lined with several big feathers of the large Guiana jtreat tinamou and the Guiana Partridge. The whole structure was very compact and neatly put together, the leaf veins giving it a very strange appearance. " The two fresh eggs were pure white with little gloss. Their dimensions were 22 X 15*5 mm. " The nest was found on July 5, at the height of the great rainy season. 1 think it probable that tliey
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 308 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. inner cayity near the top. The cavity iu which the eggs lay was lined with several big feathers of the large Guiana jtreat tinamou and the Guiana Partridge. The whole structure was very compact and neatly put together, the leaf veins giving it a very strange appearance. " The two fresh eggs were pure white with little gloss. Their dimensions were 22 X 15*5 mm. " The nest was found on July 5, at the height of the great rainy season. 1 think it probable that tliey nest twice a year, as several newly vacated nests, apparently of this species, were found during ; Genus MICEOCEECULUS Baird. Microoerculus Baird, Eeview Amer. Birds, p. M. bambla (Boddaert). 113, 1864. Type. Fig. 142.—To show the length of wings in comparison with the tail. In this genus the bill is proportionately long, somewhat de- pressed at the base, and the exposed culmen about equal in length to the hind toe and claw. The wing is rounded, the fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries longest, the third about equal to the seventh, the second about equal in length to the outer secondaries, and the exposed first primary about equal iu length to the tarsus. The tail is rounded at the tip and rather more than one-third the length of the wing. The tarsus is nearly one-third longer than the exposed culmen. Coloration : male and female similar. Key to the Species. A. Greater upper wing-coverts subterminally barred with white in contrast with the rest of the plumage M. bambla, 369. B. No white bar on the greater upper wing- coverts, which are uniform with the rest of the plumage M. ustulatus, p. 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. 1
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