CHLOROSTILBON PHAETHON

Gli a
rlittering Kmerald.

Trochilus phaithon, Boure. Rey. Zool. 1848, p. 274
. AOOl. 1545, p. 274.
——— yheton, Gri { =e ‘ oe
ast __ = Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. iti. App. p. 300
Chlorestes Phaéthon, Reich. Aut. der Col p. 7.—Ilb. Trocl p. 300, App. to p. 103.
; a +» P- #.— LD. LTOC ‘\
Hylocharis phaéton, Bonap. Rey. et Mag. de Zool. 1854 : i
— . 4 Ue AA ° Oot, p- 255.
aureiventris, Bonap. Rev. et Mae. de Zool. 1854 1 Onn
similis , ‘ 7 \ ae
ow is, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., tom. 1. p. 74, Hylocharis, sp. 4?
Chlorolampis phaéthon, Cab. Mus. Hein. Theil im. p. 48 A ie =
a . , . p. 45, note.
Trochilus flavifrons, Gould, Zool. of Beagle, part mi. Birds, p. 110
metallicus, Gould, MS. » BP
Ornismya aureiventris, I’ Orb. and La Fresn. Syn A p 9a

Trochilis similis, Boure. 2

Ir we co side ( { ic- ( -1) Ss ) 1 IU 1 ( ) I ft 3
sl I h me alli r lumage | v iV]
| 1A | Hummin J lI | | livia, | er l, c nd a I late ) e one a id he

same species, the is bird en] a rang i i i
| . hen this bird enjoys a range extending across the continent of South America from east to
west. t is true cime Y itl | is

rue that the specimens from the three localities above mentioned have received distinct
they offer no marked difference. The bird frequenting the high

MM. D’Orbigny and La Fresnaye the Peruvian bird so common
and the one from La Plata that of

specific appellations, but, except in Size,
lands of Bolivia was named aureire ntris by
at Chuquesaca had the name Phaéthon nesipned to it by M. Bourcier
flavifrons, by myself. . |
The typical specimen from which M. Bourcier
“r the largest in size

took his description of Phaéthon is now before me ; it

is evidently the C os . . ;
idently the Chuquesacan bird, and is by f when compared with the examples from
specimens were procured by Mr. Darwin, are

the other localities mentioned ; those from Monte Video, where
th syft In si7e_ ; : 4 . . ° . :
e next in size, and the aureiwentris 1s the least ; all are precisely alike in form and colour, their only

In their admeasurements.

difference being, as already mentioned,
Time, and

taken from Chuquesacan birds.
termine whether we are

s of M. Bourcier ?

size of life, were
locality, can alone de
what is the Trochilis simili

My figures, which represent both sexes of the
2 90 aden . . e .
the acquisition of a greater number of specimens from every
three species :

Sarranted in considering these birds as one 0
golden bronze, but inclining to green
ereen; throat and breast
neck and abdomen ;

and wing-coverts rich
elossed with deep
the sides of the

The male has the head, all the upper surface
on the upper tail-coverts ; wings purplish brown ; tail black,

into the elitteril
red at the base,

1 coppery bronze of
with a darker tp.
e on the flanks ;

glittering emerald-green, merging
bill apparently fleshy
rey beneath,
ped with grey

The p

under tail-coverts green ;

The f F ar ings purplish
[he female is bronzy green above and gt washed with bronz wings pur]
the two lateral feathers tip

es of the natural size.

ish white.
lhiandra Tweedie.

brown ; tail bluish black,
lant is the Co

The PI-
Phe Plate represents the two sex

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