170 Mr. D. G. Elliot on the Trochilid*. 



The Genus Panychlora. 



Panychlora poortmani. 



Ornismya poortmani, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 2. 



Chlorostilbon poortmanni, Gould, Mon. Trocli. v. pi. 358. 



Panychlora poortmanni, Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Th. iii. 

 (1860) p. 50, sp. Ill ; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 180, sp. 414. 



Ornismya esmeralda, Less, in Mus. Hein. & Berol. 



Hab. Columbia [Salmon, Chesterton, ^c). 



This species, belonging to the green-tail division of the 

 black-billed group of this genus, has for its near ally (and 

 the only species with which it may be confounded) P. alicite, 

 Bourc. It may, however, readily be distinguished from 

 that bird by the long bill, the grass-green of the abdomen, 

 and the lighter green of the tail ; and these characters appear 

 to be constant. It is also a somewhat larger bird, and I have 

 never been able to find any intermediate sizes between the 

 two species ; the difference of colour in the tail is very 

 marked; and the species appear well established. It was 

 first described by Bourcier in the ' Revue Zoologique ' as Or- 

 nismya poortmani ; and, according to Cabanis, Lesson gave 

 the name of " esmeralda " to specimens in the Museums of 

 Berlin and of Herr Heine. It is not uncommon in the inte- 

 rior of Columbia^ and frequently comes in collections from 

 Bogota. 



