8. CHLOROSTILBON. 49 



o. c? ad. ; w. S Tuciimqui, Costa Rica (Arce). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



juv. sk. 

 p, a. S ad. ; t,v, Costa Rica {Endres). Goidd Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 

 \|/'. (S ad. skeleton. Costa Rica. Gould Coll. 



4. Chlorostilbon splendidus. 



Pica tlores mas bello, Azara, Apimt. ii. p. 487, no. 293. 



Trochilus splendidus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. K vii. p. 361 ; td. Enc. 



Mm. p. 563. 

 Pica flores cienicente obscure debaxo, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 489, 



no. 294. 

 Trochilus cinereus, Vieill. N. Diet. d^Hist. N. vii. p. 359 {nee p. 348). 

 Trochilus cinereicollis, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 562. 

 Ornismya aureiventris, d'Orb. c^- Lafr. Si/n. Av. ii. p. 28 (1836). 

 Trochilus fiavifrous, Gould, Voij. Beaf/le, iii. p. 110 (1841). 

 Trochilus phaeton, Bourc, Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 274 ; Grai/, Gen. B. iii. 



App. p. 300. 

 Chlorestes phaethon, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 7 ; id. Troeh. Enum. p. 4, 



pi. 743. ff. 4734-5. 

 Chlorestes aureiventris, Reich. Troeh. Enum. p. 4, pi. 754. fF. 4729- 



.30. 

 Hylocharis aureiventris, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255. 

 Hylocharis phaeton, i?^j. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255. 

 Hylocharis bicolor, Burm. Si/st. Ueb. ii. p. 348 ; id. J. f. Orn. 1860, 



p. 245, 1865, p. 229 ; id. La Plata Reise, ii. p. 448. 

 Chlorolampis phaeton. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 48. 

 Chlorostilbon bicolor, Cab. c^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 46. 

 Chlorostilbon phaeton, Gould, Mon. Troeh. v. pi. 354 (July 1861) 



id. Intr. Troeh. p. 175 ; Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 167 ; Burm 



J.f. Orn. 18(36, p. 88. 

 Chlorostilbon aureiventris, Gould, Intr. Troeh, '^.VlQ; Heine, J.f. 



Orn. 1863, p. 197. 

 Chlorostilbon splendidus, Elliot, Ibis, 1875, p. 165, 1877, p. 136 ; id. 



Syn. Troeh. p. 244 ; Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 184 ; Mids. Hist. Nat. 



Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 93, iv. p. 198 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. 



p. 209 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 631 ; Salv. Ibis, 1880, p. 360 ; 



Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 521 ; E. W. White, P. Z. S. 



1882, p. 616 ; Scl. ^- Huds. Arg. Orn. ii. p. 9. 



Adult male. Entire upper surface golden grass-greeu, brighter ou 

 the crown ; under surface glittering golden green, tinged with blue 

 on the throat : tail steel-blue ; bill, except at the tip, flesh- colour. 

 Total length about 3"6 inches, wing 1'85 ; tail, lateral rectrices 1'2, 

 central 0-85 ; bill 0-8. 



Adult female. Upper surface paler than that of the male, the 

 crown usually duller ; under surface and a postocular spot dusky 

 white ; tail steel-blue, the central rectrices green, the lateral tipped 

 with white. 



C. splendidus apparently varies considerably as to the colour of 

 the upper surface, some specimens being of a more glittering hue, 

 especially on the crown, than others. C. aureiventris is one of 



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