Genera of Humming Birds. 131 



Smaragditis esmeralda, Reich., Aufz. der Col., 1853, p. 7. 



Panychlora maculicollis, Cab. andHein., Mus. Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 49. 



Poor t man's Emerald. Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v., p. 358. 



le Panychlore de Poortman, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1875, vol. ii., p. 1 12. 



Habitat. — Columbia. 



Male. — Upperside shining green, metallic on crown. 

 Underside metallic grass-green. A tuft of white feathers 

 under vent, on each side. Tail slightly forked, bronzy-green. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 35in. Wing, i^. Tail, i. Culmen, f. 



Female. — Upperside dull golden-green, with brownish 

 orange tint on crown. Underside gray. Median rectrices 

 green, lateral green at base, then black tipped grayish-white. 

 Very common in Columbia. Dedicated to Mr. Theodore 

 Poortman, by Bourcier. 



■^184. Panychlora russata, Salv. and Godm., Ibis, 188 1, 



P- 597- 

 Coppery Emerald, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 1S86, p. loi. 



le Panychlore a queue cuivree. 



Habitat. — Columbia. 



Male. — Very closely allied to P. poortmani, from which it. 

 differs only by the russet coppery hue of the tail, and wing- 

 coverts. The tail feathers are wide, and rounded at their 

 ends, rather longer than in other species of this genus. 



It was discovered in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, by 

 Mr. F. Simons. The type "Ex. Salv. and Godm. Coll." is in 

 the British Muse um. 



185. Panychlora STENURA, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., 

 i860, t. iii, p. 50. 



Chlorostilbon acusticandus, Gould, i860, P.Z.S., p. 308. 



Panychlora aliciae, Wyatt, Ibis, 187 1, p. 379. 



Venezuelan Emerald, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 1886, 

 p. 100. 

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