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niidcr tail-coverts, which liave the well-known fluffy character of the genns Chahj- 

 hurri or Hyiiui-Djitilfi, seem to be a little shorter than in Gh. caendeoqa-'itcr and 

 Ch. huffoni. 



It differs from Ch. Hrocliri/srn, with which it agrees ia the colour of the under 

 mandible, in the deep steel-blue colour of the tail and the bluish abdomen. 



Total length about 4i inches. 



Dimensions of Chdbjhird intermedia. 



Eight fine specimens, all alike, apparently all males, were shot in July, on the 

 road from Guayaquil to Loja, between Pogio and Santa Rosa, in hot country on 

 Bananas. 



The generic terms Hijpuroptila (Gould, Mon. TrocML, II., PL LXXXIX. and 

 text) and Ghalybura (Reichenb., Aiifz. Colihri.'i, p. 10) were both introduced in the 

 year 1854, and it is probably not jiossible to say which one was published earlier. 

 However, the name of Chalylmra, has been in general use for nearly all of the 

 s]iecies of the genus, and therefore it is preferalde not to alter it ; but see Salvin, 

 Cat. B., xvi., p. 87. 



After the addition of this new species, the key to the species of the genus 

 Chihihura, as given by Salvin, /. r., must be altered, or rather completed, as 

 follows : — 



A. Mandible quite black ; under tail-coverts generally longer. 

 a. Under surface green : Ch. buff'oni. 

 h. Under surface blue : Ch. meruleog aster. 

 A. Mandible flesh-colour at base ; under tail-coverts generally shorter. 

 c. Under tail-coverts white. 



a}. Under surface entirely green : Ch. Krochr)/.%ea. 

 a"-. Under surface not entirely green. 



«^ Throat and chest tinted with blue : Ch. isaurac. 

 b^. Throat golden green, abdomen greenish blue: Ch. inter- 

 media. 

 (I. Under tail-coverts purple-black : Ch. melanorrhoa. 



I'l. Petasophora iolata (tonld. 



Mr. Baron found this well-known species all over the highlands of Ecuador, 

 from Riobamba to Loja. They were in good plumage in March and April. 



Nests were found in April and May. One nest, containing two eggs, is a very 

 thick-walled cup, built of moss, lichen, soft vegetable wool, and a few hairs ; inside 

 lined with soft woolly seeds. 



