CHIZ^RHIS CONCOLOR.— Smith. 



AvEs. — Plate II. (Male.) 



C. cinereo-griseus brunneo-tinctus ; humoris scapularibusque cupreo-viridi umbratis ; remigibus viridi- 

 bninneis ; cauda viridi-grisea ; rostro pedibusque nigris ; capite cristate, cristse plumis decoinpositis e 

 fronte porrectis. 



LoNGiTUDo 20 unc. 



CoLiPHiMUS CoNCOLOR, Rep. of Exped. page 54, June 1836. 



Colour. — Dull ashy, or smoke-grey, tinted with brown ; the scapulars and 

 shoulders variegated by greenish shades, exhibiting a metallic lustre. Bastard 

 wings, primary quill coverts, and quill feathers, greenish brown; the green 

 most distinct upon the inner vanes ; the outer vanes of secondary quill 

 feathers greenish grey, the inner deep green, with a metallic gloss. Tail 

 above glossy greenish grey, except towards the extremity, where it is deep 

 greenish brown, beneath greenish brown with a brassy tint. Bill and claws 

 black ; tarsi and toes livid brown. Eyes dark brown. 



Form, &c. — Bill compressed, higher than broad at the base, and its height 

 nearly equal to its length; culmen slightly rounded and arched from the 

 base ; the tip of the upper mandible pointed and somewhat hooked, with a 

 slight emargination immediately behind it ; commissure slightly sinuated ; 

 nostrils small, pierced in the bill, close to the culmen and a little in front of 

 the feathers of the forehead, with a distinct narrow groove extending from each, 

 obliquely downwards and forwards towards the commissure. Wings, when 

 folded, reach over the first third of the tail ; fourth and fifth quill feathers 

 longest, and slightly exceeding the third and sixth ; the second considerably 

 shorter than the third, and the first not half the length of the fourth. Tarsi 

 and toes moderately robust, the former covered in front by transverse plates, 

 behind and on the sides by minute granular scales. Claws moderately curved. 

 Head surmounted by a long crest, which extends obliquely upwards and 



