. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 230 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Range confined to British Guiana. Mount Iloi'aima, Upper Takutu Mountains [McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima and Merume Mountains ( Whitely). Habits. Unrecorded. 502. Myiarchus nigriceps. Sclater's Black-headed Flycatcher. Myiarehus nigrice'ps Solater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 68 (Pallatanga, Ecuador); Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 298 (Koraima, 3500 ft., Merumg Mts., Camacusa); Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xiv. p. 258,1888 (Roraima); Brabourne &, Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 203, n
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 230 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Range confined to British Guiana. Mount Iloi'aima, Upper Takutu Mountains [McConnell collection) ; Mount Roraima and Merume Mountains ( Whitely). Habits. Unrecorded. 502. Myiarchus nigriceps. Sclater's Black-headed Flycatcher. Myiarehus nigrice'ps Solater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 68 (Pallatanga, Ecuador); Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 298 (Koraima, 3500 ft., Merumg Mts., Camacusa); Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xiv. p. 258,1888 (Roraima); Brabourne &, Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 203, no. 3093, 1912. Adult male. Crown of head black; back olive-^reen ; outer edges of the greater upper wing-coverts and secondary-quills inclining to green ; under surface for the most part yellow. Total length 172 mm., exposed culmen 20, wing 81, tail 74, tarsus 18, middle toe and claw 14. Adult female. Similar to the adult male but smaller. Wing 73 mm. The specimens from which the descriptions are taken were collected on the Ituribisi River, 1908 and 1909. J3reeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, Bartica, Kamakabra River, Arawai River (McConnell collection). Extralimital Range. NorthBrazil,Venezuela,Colomhia, Ecuador. Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Genus EMPIBONOICUS Cab. & Hein. Empidonomus Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 76, 1859. Type E. vurius (Vieill.).. Fig. 94.—Empidonomus varius. i In this genus the.|)ill is flattened,its width at the base is about. 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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