INTRODUCTION.

List of Birds collected by Mr. Fraser at Pallatanga,” in Proc. Zool. Soc. part xxvii.

“hlorostilbon atala, Sclat. “ : ss
Chlorosti d by Mr. Fraser at Puellaro,” in Proc. Zool. Soc. part xxviii. p. 94.

p. 145; Id. “ List of Birds collecte
Habitat. New Granada and Ecuador.

In my description of C. angustipennis I stat
put I have since more closely
I also believe that the C. chrysogaster and my C. melanorhynchus are one and the

ed that I considered the Trochilus chrysogaster of M. Bourcier to be

i i species ; investigated the matter, and I now believe that this
identical with that species ;
opinion was an erroneous one.

e bird; for I find little or no difference in the specimens from Panama, New Granada, and Ecuador. I further
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sam i i
d Heine’s ‘Museum Heineanum > is also referable to it.

think it likely that the C. smaragdina of MM. Cabanis an

409. CHLOROSTILBON ASSIMILIS, Lawr.

Chlorostilbon assimilis, Lawr. Ann. of Lye. of Nat. Hist. in New York, 1860, p. 292.

Habitat. Panama.
The following is Mr. Lawrence’s description of his
1 golden-green ; tail dar

C. assimilis, and his remarks on the species :—“ The entire

upper plumage is of bronze or dul k steel-blue; wings brownish purple; under plumage

golden on the abdomen, and on the throat of a bluish
a; tibial feathers brown ; bill and feet black.

brilliant green green; under tail-coverts grass-green ; a
a 5 )
small white spot on the pleur
“Length 3 inches, wing 17s; tail 1-!,, bill —%.
«This species is somewhat like C. melanorhynchus, Gould [chrysogaster], but is smaller, and the crown is
uniform in colour with the back, not brilliant.

tail less forked, with the feathers narrower.”

The latter species is also more golden on the abdomen, and has the

410, CHLOROSTILBON NITENS, Lawr.
Chlorostilbon nitens, Lawr. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York, April 22, 1861.

<< Habitat. Venezuela.

“Front and crown golden yellowish-green, very brilliant ; back and wing-coverts shining bronzed green,
lower part of back and upper tail-coverts shining grass-green; under plumage brilliant green, of a bluish shade on

the throat, and golden on the abdomen ; tail steel-blue and forked; wings brownish-purple ; tarsi clothed with

blackish feathers ; under tail-coverts bright grass-green ; upper mandible black, the under yellowish for two-thirds
its length, with the end black ; feet black.
«Length 3 inches, wing 14, tail 14, bill =.

“ Allied to C. chrysogaster, but is smaller, and has a very brilliant crown.”

Among the smallest of the Trochilide are the members of the form to which Dr. Cabanis has given the name
of Panychlora. They are all inhabitants of New Granada and Venezuela, and are known by the specific names of
Alicia, euchloris, Poortmanni, and stenura. They are distinguished by their dull-green colouring, the extreme

shortness of their tails, and by the great difference in the colouring of the sexes.

Genus Panycuuora, Cad.

nr 2 . . . . .
The members of this genus form a very natural section among the little green Humming-Birds, very perceptible

to those who have paid attention to this group of birds.

411. PanycHLora ALICL&.
Chlorostilbon Aliciz ; : : é : : ; ; : ; Vol. V. Pl. 357.
Chlorestes Aliciae, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p 4, pl. 754. figs. 4732-33.
Trochilus erypturus, Licht. in Mus. of Berlin.
Panychlora Aliciae, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. p. 50, note.
aurata, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 50.
Smaragdites maculicollis, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7.
Chlorestes maculicollis, Id. ibid. p. 24; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pl. 694. figs. 4545-46; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein.
Theil iii. p. 49, note.

Habitat. Venezuela and New Granada.

412. PANYCHLORA EUCHLORIS.
Smaragdites euchloris, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7.

Chlorestes euchloris, Reichenb. ibid. p. 23; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pl. 694. fig. 4544
Habitat. New Granada ? ‘

   
  
  
   
    
  
 
  
   
 
  
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  

 

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