CHLOROSTILBON C aN . Canlvet’s ANIVET iL Kmerald. Ornismya Canivetii, Less. Suppl. des ( is.-Mou des Ois. du Gen. Trochilus. P Thaumatias Can ete. | +> Pp. 174, ee Is. ay 89 - XXU1.— Ih, »95.—Tb. Ind. Ge : nh. et Sy Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 15 ae : Onap. ( onsp. Gen. Ay PIO ‘yy : > P. 13, Thaumatigs on a lamanots, ] : | oe Riecordia Canivetii, Reichenh. \uf. der Col. p. 8 — Sporadinus Caniv th. Bx nA? I n . \ r , ett, Bonap. Rey. et Mae. de Zool. 1854. Pp 255 Selat. i _— “ee —Sclat. in Proc. of Zool. Soe., Hylocharis Caniveti, Gray and Mitch. ( ren. of Birds vol. j : | | » VOLT. pp. WIA. Hala Chlorestes Hacherlinii. Reichenh. Auf. der Col Di 42 7 os a hlorostilbon ca ia Clad , : : Chlorostilbon caneveti, | Clat. and Saly. in This. vol. i. p. 130 rs t [In no instance does false information as to locality more frequently occur ; y occur than ; . great group of Hummineg-Birds os 7 = an among the me great £ | MMS Irds, and thus the Chlorostilban Caniveti the described as an inhabitant of mbers of the bird here represented, has been a country uy hich 7 ‘ ver i a j ountry in which it has never existed, The bird figured by Lesson on » . . ’ » 88th plate of his ‘Sup | S us vs ae the es pplement * has u ually been considered by more recent naturalists to be, as M : s 8 : ue states, the yvoune of MS SNecies - : 5 Lesson stat e young of this species; but I observe that Dr. Reichenbach considers it to be not only a new and distinct bird, but as belonoine to a very iy ; a new al ) is belonging to a ve ry different genus, and that, entertaining this impression ye re) WINS s he has assigned it a new name, that of Chlorestes Haeberlinij ‘ | signe | Now from this view I must dissent, at least m part: it is Just possible that the plate in question may not represent the young of the present. species but it certainly does represent the young of a Chlorostilbon.—of what species, however, neither Dr. Reichen- bach nor any living Trochilidi t can determi » | : 7 os r Ed ALO ILLS c line ul | Sg » ‘ ¢ nr e fs = a9 ca ; Le he had an opportunity of examining the typical specimen from which the figure was taken: consequently the grounds for naming it as distinct are very 7 : nen al ‘ : reatara lana 2 P asaha mala ; 3 Z . e slight indeed, and I have therefor placed Dr. Reichenbach’s name among the synonyms to C. Caniveti, giving him the benefit of the doubt which exists in ms mind as to his having come to a right conclusion upon this part of the history of the bird, which, after all, cannot be of interest to any one but the compiler of Enough, I am sure, has now been said names and lists of species. It is time to say of what country it really is a native, and something about its habits and economy. Speaking of its habitat in a wide sense, it may be said to extend over Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica, as it is found in all, but I believe it is confined to the eastern parts of those countries ; in Western Guatemala its place is supplied by the nearly-allied species which I have named C. Osherti—a bird which differs in its much smaller size rather than in any variation in its colouring. The country of Cordova, in Mexico, would appear to be a favourite locality of the C. Caniveti; indeed it would seem to be very common there, if we may judge by the numerous ex unples, together with their nests and eggs, which were brought from thence by M. Salle. M. Lesson must have become aware of his having made a mistake in giving Brazil as the habitat of this bird, for in the ‘ Revue Zoologique’ for 1839 he states that M. De Lattre had killed it at Kakamoakho in Mexico, but that it was rare in the neighbourhood of Jalapa. M. De Lattre informed him that it “leads a i ¢ solitary life, either in the forests or by the borders of the little foot-paths, choosing one spot and wanderin but little from it.” In its general contour this is a very elegant bird, its body, bill, wings and tail beine all wale portioned : the last-mentioned organ is ample and considerably forked, and has nearly all the feathers tipped with silvery grey, offering a contrast to the colours of the surrounding feathers; its oe breast, and under Srface 7 brilliant in the extreme, so much so as to nearly rival the same parts in C. auriceps, to ‘ch it mav at all times be distinguished which species it is more closely allied than to any other, but from which it may at all times g by its shorter and broader outer tail-feathers. colden: all the upper surface, wing- and tail-coverts rich : the central feathers tipped with grey, specimens are destitute of this The male has the crown of the head rich tail deep purplish black, | , hich in some lessening xtent as they approach the external ones, one oe Bs coder ecriace ¢ washed with a golden hue on the flanks and undet golden green; wing's pale purplish brown ; mark ; throat and under surface elittering erass-green, at the tip. | and flanks green; wings purplish brown ; the remainder of their tail-coverts ; thighs white; bill coral-red at the hase, darker all the upper surface ereen at the base, thei ; the outer feather on each side 1s ; throat and under The female has the crown golden brown ; 3 next on each side are ‘no of grey at the tip; leng Ing *plis lac vith a narrow edging of gre} 2 Berne cs bond behind the eye a patch of white two centre tail-feathers green; the three Srey, crossed hy a broad hand of purplish black . "The ee oT; 5 Ss | | | illian han he adul 9 anc as a small spo of - | | hh ess V1 di he VOUuUDg’ male | posses IS imilar to, hut muc t t t ft 1 1h Ss Siz t grey at the tip of the outer feathers of the tail. ry : firs 5 SI ‘life The ylant 1S | ‘ female of the VAG of life. ] he ] late represents two male and a we ON pK t ie ie