C H IZ iE R H IS CON COLOR.—S m it h .
A ves..— P l a t e II. (M a l e .)
C. cinereo-griseus brunneo-tinctus; humeris scapularibusque cupreo-viridi umbratis; remigibus viridi-
brunneis; cauda viridi-grisea; rostro pedibusque nigris; capite cristato, cristas plumis decompositis e
fronte porrectis.
Longitudo 20 unc.
Coliphimus Concolob, Rep. of Exped. page 54, June 1836.
C o lo u r .— Dull ashy, or smoke-grey, tinted with brown ; the scapulars and
shoulders variegated by greenish shades, exhibiting a metallic lustre. Bastard
wings, primary quill coverts, and quill feathers, greenish brown; the green
most distinct upon the inner vanes; the outer vanes of secondary quill
feathers greenish grey, the inner deep green, with a metallic gloss. Tail
above glossy greenish grey, except towards the extremity, where it is deep
greenish brown, beneath greenish brown with a brassy tint. Bill and claws
black; tarsi and toes livid brown. Eyes dark brown.
F o rm , &c.-jiBill compressed, higher than broad at the base, and its height
nearly equal to its length; culmen slightly rounded and arched from the
base; the tip of the upper mandible pointed and somewhat hooked, with a
slight emargination immediately behind i t ; commissure slightly sinuated;
nostrils small, pierced in the bill, close to the culmen and a little in front of
the feathers of the forehead, with a distinct narrow groove extending from each,
obliquely downwards and forwards towards the commissure. Wings, when
folded, reach over the first third of the tail; fourth and fifth quill feathers
longest, and slightly exceeding the third and sixth; the second considerably
shorter than the third, and the first not half the length of the fourth. Tarsi
and toes moderately robust, the former covered in front by transverse plates,
behind and on the sides by minute granular scales. Claws moderately curved.
Head surmounted by a long crest, which extends obliquely upwards and