., J.) s V N () I' s I s o V I hi; ii r m m i n (j ■ in u d s. 



the samp. Thoso ditfeniiios are, however, of no specific importance, but arc 

 clianutirislic of nearly all species of "green llunnniii^'-l>inls." 



J-'rinalr. DillVrs in having the throat unci centre of uUlonien pale buff, and under 

 tail c«)verts butf)-\vhite. 



3. Sporadinus maugaei. 



7VtH-Ai7«j maug«eu$, Viitiix.. Diet. ITirt. Nut., torn, vii (1817). p. 5CH.— Id., OU. Dor., t. i, pp. 77, 78, 79. M. 



l' ■" ■■ -lu., Kncy. M6lli.. torn, ii, p. 567. 

 Or«M> ... Li»«., Oi». Mouch.. p. ly4, pis. 68. 69 (1829). 



7 U..S.. Coiisp. Ci-n. .\v.. vol. i. p. 79 (iMfiO). 



.sj llo»., lUv. Biid MuK ii^ol- (1»^-'M. P- 2.V).— Gould, Mon.Troch.,Tol. T, pi. 349.— Ib., IdU. 



Truch.. ocUTo cU., p. 173 (IhCl).— .Mi ijt.. lliht. Nul. Oib. Mouch., lorn, ii, p. 77. 



f'-' - -■ -''-uli; (lUKDU, Journ. fUr Ornilh. (IH74), p. 315. 



riiJi*. Ca«., Jouru. fUr Oriiith. (187.*)). p. 223. 

 iilMjraUtuui ^Marstfiit) tttaugcei, Mfus.. Cut, Ois. Muuch. (1875), p. 13. 



JIal). I'orto llico. 



Alalr. Crown glittering green, upper surface dark green, under surface glittering 

 preen, with a wash of blue on the breast. Tail steel-blue; under tail coverts green. 

 Maxilla black, mandible reddish, tip black. Total length, 3^ in. ^Ving, 1^ in. 

 Tail, 2 i». Cnlmen, 5 in. 



Fniutlc. Ditfers in having the under surface grayish-white. Central tail feathers 

 green; rest greenish-gray at the base, with a steel-blue band near the tip; the two 

 outermost rectrices tipped with grayish-white. 



The species of Ciii,ORO.«;TrLRON have always been most porjilexing to all Oniitlinlo- 

 gists, caused, — by the variation in the colors of individuals belonging to the same 

 RjM-cies — by the close relationship of the various species — and by the great want of 

 Bufficient s|x^cimen3 to enable these facts to be adequately aj)preciate(l. 1 \>(inld 

 refer those who desire to study this interesting though ])erplexing group to my 

 review of the genus ]>ul)lished in the Ibis for the year IHI"). j). 141). — The i)liiniage 

 is metallir-green of various shades, and the sj)ecies can only be distinguished iipart 

 by the coloring of the bills, and the shape of the tails. — In one case only does the 

 hue of the abdomen and breast distinguish a species. — They arc all very small 

 birds, and the sexes are totally unlike in the color of their plumage. — The K'l/ 

 given of the sjTecies will enable each one to be rcadilv identified. 



Genus CXIX.— CIILOROSTILBOX. 



TrrK. 



CktoroBtt'thon, Oon.n. Mon. Troch..pt r (18.')3); am) liitr. Troch., ocUto cd., 



p. 175 (1861). y purhrmni. Itoorc 



f'htort$tef. Rum.. Aoftt. «1or Colih. (1853). p. 10. T. ryaw g'vy. Wird. 



CIttorolampiM, ('ah. and Urns.. Mns. Ilcin. (1860) Th., iii. p. 47. T. auguMtipmni$. Ftm» 



Pratitii, Cab. and Ilmx., Mu». Hoin. (iHfiO) Th.. iii. p. 49. O. pram'na, Ixml 



Cktoangei, IIrisiii. Jnorn fllr OrnHh. (18631, p. 200. T. auri>f7>». Conld. 



il'rion, Mri.«.. Jli«t. Nat. Ois. Mmirh.. tnm. ii ns7.'i). p. 92. C. huhrrU'ni. Rnch. 



Ckrytomiru*, Met*., CaUl. Ui». Mouch. (lt<7.'.), p. 13. T. awjuttipmnit, Fnt. 



