. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 178 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Myiopatis semifmea Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 123 (part), 1888 (Bartica Grove). Phmomyias ineompta Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 286,' no. 2918, 1912. Adult. General colour of the upper parts dusky olive-brown somewhat darker on the top o£ the head ; median and greater upper wing-coverts brown broadly tipped with buff; bastard-wing and primary-coverts uniform brown; flight-quills dark brown with pale margins to the outer webs of the inner secondaries w
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 178 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Myiopatis semifmea Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 123 (part), 1888 (Bartica Grove). Phmomyias ineompta Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 286,' no. 2918, 1912. Adult. General colour of the upper parts dusky olive-brown somewhat darker on the top o£ the head ; median and greater upper wing-coverts brown broadly tipped with buff; bastard-wing and primary-coverts uniform brown; flight-quills dark brown with pale margins to the outer webs of the inner secondaries which become very narrow on the primary-quills, the inner webs have also pale margins ; tail pale brown slightly paler at the tips of the feathers ; a slightly indicated pale streak above the eye; ear-coverts similar to the crown; throat pale ash- grey with a tinge of yellow ; cheeks and sides of neck dusky olive-yellow becoming paler on the middle of the breast and sides of the body; abdomen, under tail-coverts, axillaries, and under wing- coverts sulphur-yellow, paler on the last; under surface of quills brown with pale edgings ; lower aspect of tail pale greyish brown. Total length 110 mm., exposed culmen 11, wing 62, tail 53, tarsus 19. The specimen described was collected on the Bonasika River in 1912. Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Bonasika River, Abary River {McConnell collection); Bartica [Whitely). Extralimital Range. Venezuela, Colombia. Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. Genus ORNITHION Hartl. OrnitMon Hartlaub, J. f. O. 1853, p. 35. Type O. inerme Fig. V6.—OrnitMon inerme. Thei members of this genus are also birds of small size. The. 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 perfec
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