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SYNOPSIS or T II i; ii i m m i n <; ■ i: i n i> s 



ifak. Crown i)f tin- luad golden; upper surface bronzy-','reen ; throat nictullic 

 finerulil-'TccP, uniler hiirtatc na-tallic yelluwish-grt'en. Under tail coverts hiiuiiious 

 grass-'Tueii. \Vinj,'s purplish-brown. Tail forked, blue-black. Bill black. Total 

 length, 3» in. \N nig, '2 in. Tail, 1 .'g in. Culmen, ^\ in. 



Fminlr. Upper parts bronzy-green, brownish on the crown, and purer green (u 

 the rump and upper tail coverts. Undir parts grayish-white. Central tad feathers 

 green at bii.se, rest blue-black; the lateral ones green at base, then blue-black and 

 tippeil with white; external one on each side gray at base, then crossed by a broad 

 hteel-blue band, and tipped with white. Bill black. The dimensions and coloring 

 of this species varv greatly among individuals, so that these have no specific value, 

 and tlie only relialde method of determining that a specimen belongs to if, is, 

 that it possesses the cntinly black bill together with a tail rather dttitly forked fur 

 U» len<jth. 



7. Chlorostilbon atala. 



Or,ii.mya atala, Lian., Hist. Nat. Trotli., p. 118. pi. 42 (18.11). 



// , >hari$ atala, (ibat. (Jon. Hinls, vol. i. p. 11."), sp. 47 (1844-49). 



thiiT ■ '•lUi. (!oi-LD, Mon. Troch., vol. v, pi. .156.— Id., lutr. Troch., orlnvo cJ.. p. 177 (1861). — Eu.iot, 



1. p. 1.".9. 



1, lUiN., ("onsp. (icn. Av., vol. i, p. 77 (18.^0). — Rkic-ii., Aufz. dcr Colib., p. 7 (1853). 

 I, IlKini., Tr<Kh. Kiium.. p. 4, pi. 700, fig. 4.')fi8 (iH.'i.i). 

 CkloriiMtlboH earibaii*. Lawb.. Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., vol. x, p. 2. 

 Chrysomi'ru* atala. MfLS., Hist. Nut. Ois. Moucb., toin. ii, p. 105 (1875). 



JItih. Trinidad. 



ifalr. Upper surface golden-green, very brilliairt on the crown. Under surface 

 metallic light green. "NVings puridish-brown. Tail steel-black. Bill black. Total 

 length, 3 in. Wing, Ij in. Tail, U,\ in. Culmen, 5 in. 



F'limlf. I'pper ]»nrts bronzy-green. Under surface grayish-white. Tail steel- 

 black, lateral feathers tipped with grayish-wliite. Bill black. Dimensions the 

 same as the mole. 



8. Chloro.stilbon prasiuus. 



Tlie All-tjrrm TTummintf-hirii, Kuwahiis, (Jlfaniiipi (1764), p. 316, pi. A, 360, fig. 1. 

 l.'Orirrt, llvrr., I'Inii. Kiiliim., Iimi. vii, pi. 13 (ti-.xt only). 

 Omiimya j>ra»i'na (forvert), Lnui., Oi». Mouch., p. 188, pi. 65 (1829). 

 Ornitmi/a mellitutjn, I>'Ob». and LAritKs., Syn. Av., ii, p. 30, Bp. 20 (1838). 

 Arijifrtria jthorttf, Lkm. nntl Dulatt., Hov. ZooI. (1839). p. 17, juv. 

 I! ' . Box., Consp. (ion. Av., vol. i, p. 74 (18."i0). 



i;Mrii., Anfz. «lpr t'olil>., p. 9 (18.')3).— Id., Troch. EoDin., p. 6 (18.W). 

 /// rharii j>h..fb<; llo.v., Ucv. and Mog. ZooI. (1854), p. 255. 

 7V htlut daithnt, BoiBr., M.S. 



// , ' i-haTi$ pra»inut, Ilo.t., Rev. and Mag. ZooI. (1854), p. 255. 

 /' ' ' '.»!<•. no.\-.. Ui-v. and Mug. ZooI. (1854). p. 2.55. 



..<», Um.ii , Anfi. dir C.ilil. . p. 7 (1853).— In., Troch. Enum., p. 4, t. C91,fig». 4529-30 (IMS)- 

 / . !' ;%., Mas. Hi-in. Th. iii. p. 40 (iHf.O). 



' '. Inlr. Troch. (1861), p. 177, op. 405. octavo ed. 



■11 tiaprn«i(, OnuLo, Inlr. Troch., octavo cd., p. 177 (1861). 

 - ' rrv'randaluM, CJori.n. Inlr. Troch., octavo cd., p. 178 (I8C1). 

 • Prax. Orn. Praxil. p. 29. 

 IViji , Orn. ItraJ! . p. 29. 

 u, Ki.i.i<vr. Iliiii (1875), p. 16.1. 

 CItrj/tomiru* pm«i)iH«, UoiM^ Hist. Nat. Oil. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 108 (1816). 



