. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ^^^^^^^c^^A^J^:^.^ mi. niEFACE. My husband, ]\Ir. F. V. McConnell, who ?pent some yoars inBritish Guiana, was deeply intercsled in ornithology, and nia(h3a fairly complete collection of the birds of the country. He alsomade two long excursions into the interior of the Colony, on bothoccasions visiting the far-famed Mountain Rorainia. For sometime previous to his death, he, with the assistance of Mr. CharlesC^hubb, of the Zoological Department of the British Museum, hadbeen engaged on a catalogue of hi

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. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . ^^^^^^^c^^A^J^:^.^ mi. niEFACE. My husband, ]\Ir. F. V. McConnell, who ?pent some yoars inBritish Guiana, was deeply intercsled in ornithology, and nia(h3a fairly complete collection of the birds of the country. He alsomade two long excursions into the interior of the Colony, on bothoccasions visiting the far-famed Mountain Rorainia. For sometime previous to his death, he, with the assistance of Mr. CharlesC^hubb, of the Zoological Department of the British Museum, hadbeen engaged on a catalogue of his collection. Since his deathin 1914, wishing, in memory of my husband, to have some recordof his work, I decided, instead of simply com])leting the cata-logue, to ask Mr. Chubb to desciibe all tlie known birds ofBritish Guiana, based chiefly on this collection. I trust this book will prove useful to other workers in thesame branch of natural history. The details of my hushaudstravels, with photographs of some of the [)laccs visited, which1 have added, may give it a wider interes

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