freshly moulted adult males have their four central tail-feathers tipped with bronzy gre en ; but this colour appears
to fade upon exposure to light, leaving the tail nearly black. I believe this bird is also found at Panama.
Genus C h l o r o s t il b o n , Gould.
(XXcopos, viridis, et or/Á/3», corusco.)
Under this generic appellation, for a form o f which I always intended the C. prasinus to be the type, I have
figured the whole o f the little green Humming-Birds ; but I now see the necessity o f subdividing th em ; I shall
therefore restrict the term to the following species—angustipennis, Haeberlini, Phacthon, aureiventris, prasinm, Atala,
brevicaudatus, Napensis, Peruanus, Daphne, and chrysogaster, and adopt Dr. Cabanis’s genus Panychlora for Alicia,
euchloris, Poortmanni, and stenura.
397. C h l o r o s t il b o n a n g u s t i p e n n i s . ' Vol. V. PI. 353.
Habitat. Panama and New Granada.
3 9 8 . C h l o r o s t il b o n H a e b e r l i n i .
Chlorolampis chrysogaster, Cab. et Hem. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 47.
Trochilus Haeberlinii, Licht. in Mus. o f Berlin.
Chlorestes Haeberlinii, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 703. figs. 4578-80.
Chlorolampis Haeberlini, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 48, note.
Habitat. Carthagena.
I have had the original o f C. Haeberlini sent to me from Berlin, and I find it to be a very elegantly formed
bird, nearly allied to, but quite distinct from, C. angustipennis. I t differs in having the glittering green o f the under
surface washed with blue, a shorter wing, and a still more deeply forked tail, the feathers o f which are steely-green,
and not so dark as in that species. I t is said to be from Carthagena.
399. C h l o r o s t il b o n P h a é t h o n ..................................................................................................................... • Vol. V. PI. 354.
Habitat. Bolivia, Southern Brazil, and La Plata.
Since writing my account o f this species, in which I expressed my belief that the Omismyia aureiventris of
D’Orbigny and Lafresnaye was identical with it, I have carefully re-examined my specimens from the above-named
countries, together with an example collected by Mr. Bridges, and I am now inclined to believe the 0 . aureiventris
to be distinct; but as it merely differs in being o f smaller size in all its admeasurements, it will not be necessary
for me to figure it.
4 0 0 . Ch l o r o s t il b o n a u r e i v e n t r i s .
Omismyia aureiventris, D’Orb. et Lafresn.
Hylocharis aureiventris, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 255.
Habitat. Bolivia and Peru.
4 0 1 . C h l o r o s t il b o n p r a s i n u s V o l . V . P I. 3 5 5 .
Trochilus Pucherani, Bourc. et Muls. Rev. Zool. 1848, tom. ii. p. 271.
Hylocharis pucherani, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool 1854, p . 255.
Chlorestes Pucherani, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4 , pi. 755. fig. 4736.
Trochilus nitidissimus, Licht. in Mus. o f Berlin.
Hylocharis prasina, Burm. Th. Bras. tom. ii. p. 350.
Chlorestes nitidissimus, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 693. figs. 4538-39.
Trochilus lamprus, “ Nat.” in Mus. o f Munich.
Chlorostilbon nitidissimus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 47.
Omismya Galathea, Bourc. et Muls. in Mus. o f Paris.
Trochilus viridissimus, Linn, in Mus. o f Berlin (young).
In my account o f this species I stated that, owing to its being impossible to determine to what bird Lesson
had given the name o f prasinus, I should apply it to the one generally known by that term among collectors—the
bird so common in the neighbourhood o f Rio de Janeiro, Minas Geraes, &c. From Dr. Cabanis we learn that it
has been named Trochilus nitidissimus by Lichtenstein in the Museum o f Berlin, and Trochilus lamprus, Natt. in the
Museum o f Munich; but had either of these names been published to the world before Dr. Cabanis included it in
his Museum Heineanum ’ under the name o f Chlorostilbon nitidissimus ? I f not, and prasinus be rejected, that term
must certainly give place to M, Bourcier’s previously published one o f Pucherani, which I find, from the type
specimen now before me, was given to a young male o f this species. Refer to my account o f this species, and o f
C. Atala.
402. C h l o r o s t il b o n ig n e u s , Gould.
Habitat. Supposed to be the neighbourhood o f Para.
Crown o f the head glittering orange; back o f the neck and upper surface fiery orange, becoming more intense
on the wing-coverts; throat and chest glittering bluish green, gradually passing into the fiery orange o f the flanks
and abdomen; under tail-coverts green, tinged with orange; wings purplish brown; tail purplish black; bill fleshy
red at the b a s e ; gradually passing into the black o f the tip.
This bird is about the same size as C. prasinus, but differs from that species in the fiery colouring ahove
described, and in the tail being purplish- instead o f steel-black.
This is the bird mentioned, in my account o f C. prasinus, as having been sent to me by Mr.’Reeves, o f Rio de
Janeiro. I t is one o f the most beautiful species o f the family.
403. C h l o r o s t il b o n A t a l a Vol. V. PI. 356.
Chlorestes Atala, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 700. fig. 4568.
Habitat. The Island o f Trinidad, and Venezuela.
I find that Venezuelan specimens differ a little from those o f Trinidad, the green o f the upper and under surface
being more g o lden ; still I have no doubt o f their being identical.
404. C h l o r o s t il b o n D a p h n e .
Trochilus Daphne, Bourcier.
Habitat. Peru.
I consider this to be a distinct species: it is very nearly allied to'the Cayenne bird C. Atala o f this w o rk ; but
it has a more square tail, with the green o f the chest strongly tinged with blue. I have M. Bourcier’s type, which
is labelled ‘ Voyage de Castelnau, Pampas del Sacramento.’
405. C h l o r o s t il b o n P e r u a n u s , Gould.
Habitat. Peru.
Bill black; crown, throat, and all the under surface glittering orange-green; upper surface bronzy green;
wings brown; tail purplish black.
Total length 3¿ inches; bill -f-; wing 1-f; tail | S |
This, one o f the black-billed species, has even a more rounded tail than C. Daphne, from which it differs in its
larger size and in having a longer bill, and especially in the glittering orange-green colouring o f j t s breast, which
in C. Daphne is blue. The C. chrysogaster has a somewhat forked steely-black ta il; in other respects the two birds
are very similar.
406. C h l o r o s t il b o n N a p e n s i s , Gould.
Habitat. The banks o f the River Napo.
This species is very similar to, but smaller than C. Daphne, has a still shorter tail, and the blue o f the breast
not so extended, or confined to the throat.
407. C h l o r o s t il b o n b r e v ic a u d a t u s , Gould.
Habitat. Cayenne.
This bird is very similar to the C. Atala o f Trinidad, has the same glittering green-coloured breast, but has a
short and more truncate-formed tail, more so than C. Daphne or C. Napensis.
408. C h l o r o s t il b o n c h r y s o g a s t e r .
Trochilus chrysogaster, Bourc. Ann. Soc. Sci. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, 1843, p. 4 0 ; Id. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 101.
Hylocharis chrysogaster, Gray & Mitch. Gen. o f Birds, vol. i. p. 115, Hylocharis, sp. 4 3 ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av.
tom. i. p. 74, Hylocharis, sp. 2.
Chlorestes chrysogaster, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 693. figs. 4540-41.
prasinus,/cem. Id. ibid. pi. 755. fig. 4737 ?
Trochilus puber, Siebold in Mus. Monac. (Cabanis).
Chlorolampis chrysogastra, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 47.
Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc. part xxviii. p. 308 ?
Chlorolampis smaragdina, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 48 ?