. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. Fig„-16.—MyrmopMla minor. In tbis genus the male bas a uniform black tbroat, .The bill is short and slender. The wing is rounded, the fifth primary longest, the fourth about equal to the sixth in length, the third between the seventh and eighth. The tail is proportionately long, being more than half the length of the wing. The sexes differ in colour of plumage. ' Key to the Species. A. Larger, wing more than 60 mm.; upper wing- coverts black tipped with white, in contrast to the rest of the upper sur
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. Fig„-16.—MyrmopMla minor. In tbis genus the male bas a uniform black tbroat, .The bill is short and slender. The wing is rounded, the fifth primary longest, the fourth about equal to the sixth in length, the third between the seventh and eighth. The tail is proportionately long, being more than half the length of the wing. The sexes differ in colour of plumage. ' Key to the Species. A. Larger, wing more than 60 mm.; upper wing- coverts black tipped with white, in contrast to the rest of the upper surface M. vavasouri, p. 32. B. Smaller, wing less than 60 mm.; upper wing- coverts uniform with the rest of the upper surface M. lehni,-p. 33. 368. MyrmopMla vavasouri. Vavasour's Long-winged Ant-bird. Myrmotherula longipennis (nee Pelz.) Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 426 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa); Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xv. p. 241, 1890; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 198, no. 1988, 1912,'^ MyrmopMla vavasouri Chubb, BuU. Brit. Orn. Club, xxxviii. p. 83, 1918. Adult male. Generalcolour above and below slate-bluejincluding. 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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