248 s Y N o r s I s OF T II i: ii r m m i n <: - hi h n s. 



}faU: UpiHT Kurfiici' hliiniiig grocn, some specimens with the rmwii gohicn. 

 orange. Under surface luminous gruss-green; vent white. Tail bright griiw»-green. 

 Wings i)uri)ii.sli-l>rown. IJill bhick. Total length, 3 in. Wing, 1 J in. 'lail, 1 in. 

 C'ulnien, ^ m. 



Fiiiiulf. Head gdiiUn-orange, upiicr surface gra.ss-green ; under Kurface gniy. 

 Median pair of rectrices green, rest gnen at base passing into black and tijiped with 

 white, bill black. Total length, :} in. Wing, 1^ in. Tail, ? in. C'ulnien, ,"4 in. 



2. Pauychlora aliciae. 



TrofhiluM alieiir. linvnc. anil Mru., Rev. Zool. (1M8), p. 274. 



('hti>ri>tiilb»u alida, lioN., Itcv. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 239. — Gould, Mod. Trocli., vol. v, pi 3.'>7. 

 '.« alirc. Ukiiii., Aufx. dcr (.'olil... p. 7 (If.'iS). 

 :« ruchtoriii. IIkkii., Aufr.. il«r Colib., pp. 7, 23 (1853). 

 .-•iH'fi-i'i:'- ' in.i.ii/iri>//r.«. Hkiiii.. Aufr.. «lcr Culib.. p. 7 (1S53). 

 Cliivrcstrs mactiiicuiii*, Ukicii., Aufi. dcr Colib., p. 23 (1853). — Id., Troch. Enuni.. p. 4. pi. 694. 6g« 4545-4C 



(1855). 

 r" • . fiU'rr. nwrii., Troch. Knnm.. p. 4. t. 754, figs. 4732-33 (1855). 

 ' mrllisuija. KKirii., Troili. Knuin., p. 4, t. 754, fig. 4731 (1H.J5). 



■ uchlori$, Kki.h., Trocli. Kiium., p. 4, t. 694, fig. 4.''>44 (1855). 

 / <i alicior. Cab. and IIki.v., .Mus. llcin. Tli., iii, p. 50 (note 6) (18G0). — Oocld, Intr. Troch., ocUto 



cd., p. 411 (18G1).— Ki.uoT. Ibis (1875). p. 171.— Milr., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 115. 

 f\iniirhlnra aurala. Cab. and Mki.n., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 50? (1860). 

 l\iiii/rhlora maruiicolU'i, Cab. and Hkin., Mus. llcin. Th., iii, p. 49 (note 4) (1860). 



I/dli. Venezuela. 



Jfnit: Crown gnlden-grecn ; upper stirface bronzy-green ; under surface luminous 

 yellowish-green. Under tail coverts shining grass-green. AN'ings ])urplish-bro\vn. 

 Tail very dark green. ]5ill Jtiack. Total length, 'Jj in. Wing, 1^ in. Tail, I itu 

 Culmen, ,»j in. (Type in my collection.) 



Ftvialc. Above bronzy-green, beneath grayish-wliite. Central tail feathers green, 

 lateral ones green at base, then black and tipped with gray, increasing in extent 

 towards the external ones. 



3. "Panychlora stenura. 



ranycMora timurn. Cab. and Ilri!*., Mob. Hein. Th., iii. p. 50 (note 7) (I860).— Gon.n, Intr. Troch., octavo 



ed.. p. 180 (lh61).— Ki.uoT, Ibis (1875), p. 171.— Miu., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, li, p. 117. 

 CkloruUHhnn acttticaudun, Uoild, P. Z. S. (1860), p. 308. 

 PanyeUora aliciae, Wtatt., Ibis (1871), p. 379. 



//<»/». Merida, Venezuela, OcaiSii, Columbia. 



Jifale. Crown glittering-green; upper surface and tail golden-green. Under sur- 

 face shining grass-green. Wini^s ])urplish-brown. lUll black. Total length, 3 in. 

 Wing, 15 in. Tail, 1 in. IJill, | in. 



Female or young male has the rectrices golden-green, the lateral ones with n.shy 

 tips. Under parts gray. Ui)])er parts golden-green. 



This spicics is rem.irkablc fur its extremely narrow and pointed outer rectrices, 

 which readily serve to distinguish it from its relatives. 



