Chlorostilbon atala, Sclat. * List o f Birds collected by Mr. Fraser at Pallatanga,” in Proc. Zool. Soc. part xxvii.
p. 145; Id. “ List o f Birds collected by Mr. Fraser at Puellaro,” in Proc. Zool. Soc. part xxviii. p. 94.
Habitat. New Granada and Ecuador.
In my description o f C. angustipennis I stated that I considered the Trochilus chrysogaster o f M. Bourcier to be
identical with that species; but I have since more closely investigated the matter, and I now believe that this
opinion was an erroneous one. I also believe that the C. chrysogaster and my C. melanorhynclms are one and the
same bird; for I find little or no difference in the specimens from Panama, New Granada, and Ecuador. I further
think it likely that the C. smaragdina o f MM. Cabanis and Heme’s ‘ Museum Heineanum g is also referable to it.
409. C h lo r o s t il b o n a s s im i l i s , Lam.
Chlorostilbon assimilis, Lawr. Ann. o f Lyc. o f Nat. Hist, in New York, 1860, p. 292.
Habitat. Panama.
The following is Mr. Lawrence’s description o f his C. assimilis, and his remarks on the sp ecies:—“ The entire
upper plumage is o f bronze or dull golden-green; tail dark steel-blue; wings brownish purple; under plumage
brilliant green, golden on the abdomen, and on the throat o f a bluish gre en ; under tail-coverts grass-green; a
small white spot on the pleura; tibial feathers brown; bill and feet black.
“ Length 3 inches, wing 1-ff-, tail 1-jV, bill f a .
“ This species is somewhat like C. melanorhynchus, Gould [chrysogaster], but is smaller, and the crown is
uniform in colour with the back, not brilliant. The latter species 'is also more golden on the abdomen and has the
tail less forked, with the feathers narrower.”
410. C h l o r o s t il b o n n i t e n s , Lam.
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 o f back and upper tail-coverts shining grass-green; under plumage brilliant green, o f 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 1£, tail 1-g-, bill f a .
“ Allied to C. chrysogaster, but is smaller, and has a very brilliant crown.”
Among the smallest o f the Trochilid® are the members o f the form to which Dr. Cabanis has given the name
o f Panychlora. They are all inhabitants o f New Granada and Venezuela, and are known by the specific names of
Alicia, euchloris, Poortmami, and stenura. They are distinguished by their dull-green colouring, the extreme
shortness o f their tails, and by the great difference in the colouring o f the sexes.
Genus P a n y c h l o r a , Cab.
The members o f this genus form a very natural section among the little green Humming-Birds, very perceptible
to those who have paid attention to this group o f birds.
4 1 1 . P a n y c h l o r a A l ic ia :.
Chlorostilbon Aliciae . . . . . . . . y 0j y pj ggy
Chlorestes Aliciae, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p 4, pi. 754. figs. 4732-33.
Trochilus crypturus, Licht. in Mus. o f Berlin.
Panychlora Aliciae, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. p. 50, note.
------------ amata, 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, pi. 694. figs. 4 5 4 5 -4 6 ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein.
Theil iii. p. 49, note.
Habitat. Venezuela and New Granada.
412. P a n y c h l o r a e u c h l o r i s .
Smaragdites euchloris, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7.
Chlorestes euchloris, Reichenb. ibid. p. 2 3 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 694. fig. 4544.
Habitat. New Granada?
There is a specimen in the Berlin Museum with a broken bill. In size it is rather larger than Alicia, the tail
is more forked, and the two outer feathers more pointed; all the feathers have a purplish hue, as seen in
Poortmami, and the glittering feathers o f the body are o f a dull golden purplish green, as in that species.
413. P a n y c h l o r a s t e n u r a , Cab.
Panychlora stenura, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 56, note.
Chlorostilbon acuticaudus, Gould in Proc. Zool. Soc. part xxviii. p. 308.
Habitat. Merida in New Granada.
This species is fully equal in size to the last, has a more lengthened bill, and the outer tail-feathers are much
more pointed.
414. P a n y c h l o r a P o o r t m a n n i .
Chlorostilbon P o o r tm a n n i ........................................................................................................ Vol. V. PI. 358.
Omismya Esmeralda, Less, in Mus. Heinean.
Smaragdites Esmeralda, Reich. Aufz. der Col. p. 7.
Chlorostilbon Esmeralda, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 694. figs. 4542-43.
Panychlora Poortmanni, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 50.
Habitat. New Granada.
I shall close this account o f the little green Humming-Birds with a description of the extraordinary species
sent to me by Mr. Reeves o f Rio de Janeiro, and which I have described, in the • Proceedings o f the Zoological
Society,’ as Calliphlox ? iridescens. Its iridescent green colouring would indicate that it belongs to this section;
while its comparatively small wings and short tail ally it to Calliphlox; but as it is not strictly referable to either
genus, I propose for it a separate distinctive appellation, and provisionally place here the
Genus S m a r a g d o c h r y s is , Gould.
(2 /lapaySos, smaragdus, et ypvaos, aurum.)
Generic characters.
Male. B ill longer than the head, straight and slender; wings small, primaries narrow and rigid; tail of
moderate size and deeply forked; tarsi clothed; fe e t small; hind toe and nail nearly as long as the middle toe and
nail.
415. S m a r a g d o c h r y s i s ir i b e s c e n s , G o u ld ....................................................................................................... Vol. V. PI. 359.
Habitat. The virgin forests of the interior o f Brazil.
Genus P h l o g o p h il u s , Gould.
(<t>Xo£ [$Aoyor], nomen flora, et <f>i\os, amicus.)
Generic characters.
Male.—B ill straight; wings ample and rather rounded; tarsi long for a Humming-Bird, and bare; tail rather
large and rounded; hind toe and nail shorter than the middle toe and nail.
The specimen from which the above characters were taken differs from every other known Humming-Bird in
its more lengthened tarsi, and in the colouring o f its rounded tail. The bird, which is immature, was received
from the borders o f the River Napo.
n u . . . Vol. V. PI. 360.
416. P h l o g o p h il u s h e m i l e u c u r u s , C o u l d ...............................................................
Habitat. The banks o f the River Napo ? . . .
In placing this bird at the end o f my Monograph o f the Trochilidie, I do not wish it to be understood that g g
is its proper situation. I cannot imagine what the adult will be like, and consequently cannot tell to which genus
o f the family it is a llied; but I believe, to Adelomyia.
N o t e— In the body o f the work, Columbia has been given as the habitat o f many o f the sp e c ie s; but
in this Introduction, Venezuela, New Granada, and Ecuador have been substituted, as the ease required, for
that more general term. A difference o f opinion exists as to the correct spelling o f New Granada, some
considering that it should be Grenada, and others Grenada; the latter has been adopted in this Intro-
duction, while in the body o f the work it is usually, i f not always, spelt Grenada.