. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . Fig. 28.—To show tlie occipital cre^ Fig. 29.—To illustrate the spur on the wing. Achilt male. Buck, scapulars, and tertials olive-hrown with hronzyreflections ; short scapulars iridescent copper colour ; lesser upperwing-coverts metallic purple and green ; outer median and greaterseries whitish, the inner ones ash-grey like the outer webs of thesecondary quills ; bastard-wing, primary-quills, and apical portionof the seconilaries black ; upper and under tail-coverts white likethe abdomen, axillari
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . Fig. 28.—To show tlie occipital cre^ Fig. 29.—To illustrate the spur on the wing. Achilt male. Buck, scapulars, and tertials olive-hrown with hronzyreflections ; short scapulars iridescent copper colour ; lesser upperwing-coverts metallic purple and green ; outer median and greaterseries whitish, the inner ones ash-grey like the outer webs of thesecondary quills ; bastard-wing, primary-quills, and apical portionof the seconilaries black ; upper and under tail-coverts white likethe abdomen, axillaries, and under wing-coverts ; tail white atbase, followed by a broad, bluish-black band, and tipped withgrey; crest-feathers, forehead, throat, and breast glossy bluish-black, skirted on the forehead and sides of face with white ; hindercrown, sides of face, and neck all round pale earth-brown, more orless glossy on the top of the head. Bill pale red at the base,the tip blackish brown ; feet greyish brown, the joints red ; irissealing-wax red. Total length 320 mm., culmen 32, wing 220, tail 92, tarsus 79. Adult female. Similar
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