. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. TAKABA.âTHAMNOPHILUS. 11 black, with white tooth-like marks on the inner webs of the feathers ; tips of upper tail-coverts and tips of tail-feathers also white; entire under surface, including the under wing-coverts, white, more or less grey on the flanks. Total length 200 mm., culmen 25, wing 91, tail 76, tarsus 32. Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the head, back, wings, and tail chestnut-brown. Total length 185 mm., culmen 25, wing 88, tail 74, tarsus 32. Breeding-season. Unknown
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. TAKABA.âTHAMNOPHILUS. 11 black, with white tooth-like marks on the inner webs of the feathers ; tips of upper tail-coverts and tips of tail-feathers also white; entire under surface, including the under wing-coverts, white, more or less grey on the flanks. Total length 200 mm., culmen 25, wing 91, tail 76, tarsus 32. Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the head, back, wings, and tail chestnut-brown. Total length 185 mm., culmen 25, wing 88, tail 74, tarsus 32. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Nest. Uni-ecorded in British Gruiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, Bartica, Bonasika River, Abary River {McConnell collection) ; Takutu River, Quonga River (^Whitely). Extralimital Range. North Brazil (Para, Cahanis), Trinidad, Venezuela. Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 687) that he often found tliis bird in bushes on the outskirts of woods as well as in dense woojjs in the neighbourhood of rivers. It is a â \'ery wary bird, and at the slightest sign of danger hides itself in the thickest of bushes. Genus THAMNOPHILUS Vieill. Thamnophilus Vieillot, Anal. nouv. OrnitL p. 40,1816. Type T. doliatus (Linn.).. Fig. 8.âThamnopTiilus doliatus. The chief characters that constitute this genus are the large crest, which is composed of white feathers with black tips. The concealed dorsal white patch. The bill is short and stout, the depth being about one third the length of the exposed culmen. "Wing almost. 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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