. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 256 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. The female described above was collected on the Abary River in September 1906. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana, Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed- from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Berbice River, Abnry River {McCon- nell collection); Merume Mountains and Mount Rorairaa ( Whitely). Extralimital Ranqe. Central and Northern Brazil. Habits. According to "Schomburgk ("Reis. Guian. iii. p. 697) this bird lives on the borders
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 256 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. The female described above was collected on the Abary River in September 1906. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana, Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed- from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Berbice River, Abnry River {McCon- nell collection); Merume Mountains and Mount Rorairaa ( Whitely). Extralimital Ranqe. Central and Northern Brazil. Habits. According to "Schomburgk ("Reis. Guian. iii. p. 697) this bird lives on the borders of the coast-woods frequenting trees and low bush. Genus CHIROXIPHIA Gab. Chiroxiphia Cabanis, Archiv f iir Naturg. xiii. pt. i, p. 235, 1847. Type G. pareola (Linn.).. Fig. 104.—Chiroxiphia pareola. The species on which this genus was based has a short bill which is hooked at the tip, and the width at the base exceeds the length of the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded, the primaries are obliquely cut at the tips, which are most conspicuous in the males. The tail is slightly rounded and about three-fifths the length of the wing. The tarsus is nearly half the length of the tail, and the hind toe and claw rather shorter than the middle toe and claw. Coloration : male and female different. 518. CMroxiphia pareola. Blue-backed Manakin. Piprapareola Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 339, 1766 ("Brasilia"). Chiroxiphia pareola Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 695, 1848; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 300; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 307 (British Guiana); Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 309, no. 3160, 1912. longioauda (nee Vieill.) Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guain. iii. p. 695, 1848. Adult male. Forehead, lores, sides of crown, nape, hind-neck,. 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 work
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