. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ni River. An immature bird from the Anarika River has all the featherson the upper surface edged with rufous, including the mediantail-feathers. Adult male. Similar to the adult female, but rather 80 mm. The description of the male is taken from a specimen in theBritish Museum, collected by Whitely at the Merume Mountains,on the 30th of June, 1881—Salvin-Godman collection. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana, Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana.
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ni River. An immature bird from the Anarika River has all the featherson the upper surface edged with rufous, including the mediantail-feathers. Adult male. Similar to the adult female, but rather 80 mm. The description of the male is taken from a specimen in theBritish Museum, collected by Whitely at the Merume Mountains,on the 30th of June, 1881—Salvin-Godman collection. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana, Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Gniana. Mazaruni River, Anarika River{Mc(.onnell collection) ; Monnt ]{oraima, Merume Mountains{Whitelg). Kxtralimilcd Range. Venezuela, Trinidad, Ecuador, Peru,Colombia, and Central America to (iuatemala. JIahits. Unrecor(hMl in Jiiitish Cluiana. 408 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Genus AVOCETTULA Reiclienb. Arocefiula Keichenbach, Av. S^st. pi. 39, 1849. T^^pe A. recurvirostra(Swains.). This genus is distinouished chiefly by the recurved bill and theshort and rounded Avocettula 81.—To illustrate the recm-ved bill and the rounded tail. 277. Avocettula recurvirostris. Swainsons Humming-bird. Trochihis recurvirostris S\ Zool. Illustr. ii. pi. 105, 1821 (Cayenne).Avocettula recurvirostris Salvin. 11ns, 1885, p. 433 (Bartica Grove) ; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 101, 1892; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 123, no. 1193, 1912. Adult male. General colour above and below dark green witha bronzy tinge on the top of the head and hind-neck and brightglittering green on the throat and fore-neck ; tlie middle of theabdomen is more or less black, the inner webs of the outer tail-feathers rufous-brown on the upper surface and bright metalliccopper on the lower aspect. Total length 95 mm., culmen 18, wing 58, tail 2^. The male described is in the British Museum and was collectedin British Guiana—Balston collection. Adult female. Diffe
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