. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . as collected on tlie Su[)enaam River. Breedin(J-season. Unknown in British Guiana. JVest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. J^ggs. Undesciiljed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Supenaam River, Bartica, MazaruniRiver, Kamakahra River, Makauria River, Anarica River,Arawye River, Bonasika lliver [McConnell collection) ; Bartica( Whitely). Extralhnital Range. North Brazil, East Ecuador, Venezuela,Trinidad, Tobago. Habits. Mr. J. J. Quelch, who observed this species in George-town, remarks (Timehr
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . as collected on tlie Su[)enaam River. Breedin(J-season. Unknown in British Guiana. JVest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. J^ggs. Undesciiljed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Supenaam River, Bartica, MazaruniRiver, Kamakahra River, Makauria River, Anarica River,Arawye River, Bonasika lliver [McConnell collection) ; Bartica( Whitely). Extralhnital Range. North Brazil, East Ecuador, Venezuela,Trinidad, Tobago. Habits. Mr. J. J. Quelch, who observed this species in George-town, remarks (Timehri (2) v. p. 101):—The Blue-chinnedSapj)hire [Eucephala ccerulea) is also to be found on the outskirtsof the town, though they are by no means common.^ CHLOKOiSTILBON. 403 Type Genus CHLOROSTILBON Gould. Chlorostilbon Gould, Monogr. Trochil. v. pi. 355, pi/cJiefani (Bouvc). In this genus the bill is short and nearly straight, the tomia ofthe mandible only serrated, the interramal space nude, the cuhnenbare <o the base, and the nasal covers exposed. The tail is shortand Chlorosfilhon siihfurcatus. Fig. 78.—To show the straight bill, bare culmeii, exposed nasalcovers, and the square tail. 273. Chlorostilbon Emerald. Chlorosfilboii suhfurcatus Berlepsch, Ibis, 1S87, p. 297 (Mount Roraiina) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 119, no. 11-49, prasiniis (nee Less.), Salvin, Ibis, 18S5, p. 430 (Koraima) ; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 56, 1892 (Demerara).Chlorostilbon atala (nee Less.), Queleb, Tiniebri (2) v. p. 101, 1891 (Georgetown). Adult male. Bright glittering green above and below ; tailsteel-blue ; Hight-feathers brown. Total length 07 mm., cuhnen 14, wing 42, tail 21. Adult female. 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
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