James Paul Chapin

Name: Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo
Author: James Paul Chapin

Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo

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“Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo”, is a work by James Paul Chapin. It explores elements such as coverts, secondaries and the American Museum of Natural History.

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James Paul Chapin, Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo

“ The adult male of A. minus is distinguished by the bluer hue of the forehead, throat, and upper breast, which show in certain lights deep violet reflections, and by the more scarlet, less crimson color of the remaining underparts. In life the naked areas on the cheeks are bright yellow, whereas in A. narina they are light green.
The adult female differs in the more tawny or ochraceous coloration of the breast, which is grayish in this sex of A. narina, although sometimes washed with light brown on the upper breast. A greenish gloss on the upper breast is more common in females of A. narina. ”

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James Paul Chapin, Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo

“ An immature male has the green of the upper breast broken by irregular bars of cinnamon. The lower breast is cinnamon mixed with rose, and barred at the sides with green, and shades to light scarlet-red on belly and under tail-coverts. The greater wing-coverts and three inner secondaries bear each a large spot of light ochraceous buff, extending across the whole width of the innermost secondary, and most of the secondaries are vermiculated or speckled on their outer webs with buff. ”

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James Paul Chapin, Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo

“ Ear coverts drab, bordered with fuscous-black; feathers of throat pale smoke-gray, margined with fuscous, those of upper breast similar, but heavily bordered with fuscous-black, consequently with a very pronounced "scaly" appearance; lower breast growing darker, so that the dark borders are less conspicuous, and the feathering of the belly completely fuscous-black with slight oily gloss. Under wing coverts mouse-gray with darker edges, flanks and under tail-coverts black with slight greenish gloss. ”

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James Paul Chapin, Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo

“ The spots on the inner secondaries, in the first plumage, appear to be much larger in the case of A. minus than with A. narina, for an immature female specimen of the latter shows only rounded spots on the outer webs not exceeding 5.5 mm. ”

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James Paul Chapin, Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo

“ This unique specimen was shot by the describer from a tall tree in the forest, where it was accompanied by one other of its kind. The sexual organs were somewhat enlarged; the stomach filled with beeswax, mixed with small pieces of insects. Apparently this species is not in the habit of leading men to beehives. ”

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James Paul Chapin, Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo

“ Resembling Indicator in its bill and general form, save for the tail, which is composed of 12 quills, the two middle pairs of nearly equal length, somewhat pointed and curved strongly outwards, the next pair considerably shorter, but also pointed and slightly curved; while the fourth, fifth and sixth are straight, greatly narrowed, and stiffened, becoming successively shorter, so that the outermost pair is not half so long as the median. The tail-coverts are unusually long, those below as long as the longest rectrices, and projecting in the fork of the tail. ”

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James Paul Chapin, Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo

“ Part I.—Republication of Descriptions of Lower Carboniferous Crinoidea from the Hall Collection now in the American Museum of Natural History, with Illustrations of the Original Type Specimens not heretofore Figured. By R. Z. Whitfield. ”

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James Paul Chapin, Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo

“ For sale at the Museum.
*Published by E. J. Brill, Leiden, Holland. Not on sale at the Museum. American Agent, G. E. Stechert, 129 West 20th Street, New York City.
Footnote
[1] Colors named according to Ridgway's 'Color Standards and Nomenclature.'
Transcriber's Note The footnote has been moved to the end of the bulletin. Pg 4 Added hyphen within "tail coverts" in "on belly and under tail coverts" for consistency. Pg 7 Added closing single quote after "Journal" in "American Museum Journal". Publication listing on each of the cover pages moved to end of bulletin in an ordered manner. ”

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