INTRODUCTION. cxi 



specimen now before me, was given to a young male of this species. Refer to my account of this species, and of 

 C Atala. 



402. Chlorostilbon igneus, Gould, 



Habitat. Supposed to be the neighbourhood of Para. 



Crown of the head gUttering orange ; back of the neck and upper surface fiery orange, becoming more intense 

 on the wing-coverts ; throat and chest gUttering bluish green, gradually passing into the fiery orange of the flanks 

 and abdomen ; under tail-coverts green, tinged with orange ; wings purplish brown ; tail purplish black ; bill fleshy 

 red at the base ; gradually passing into the black of the tip. 



This bird is about the same size as C. prasinus, but difi^ers from that species in the fiery colouring above 

 described, and in the tail being purplish- instead of steel-black. 



This is the bird mentioned, in my account of C. prasinus, as having been sent to me by Mr. Reeves, of Rio de 

 Janeiro. It is one of the most beautiful species of the family. 



403. Chlorostilbon Atala Vol. V. PI. 356. 



Chlorestes Atala, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 700. fig. 4568. 



Habitat, The Island of Trinidad, and Venezuela. 



I find that Venezuelan specimens differ a little from those of Trinidad, the green of the upper and under sur- 

 face being more golden ; still I have no doubt of their being identical. 



404. Chlorostilbon Daphne. 



Trochilus Daphne, Bourcier. 



Habitat, Peru. 



I consider this to be a distinct species : it is very nearly allied to the Cayenne bird C. Atala of this work ; but 

 it has a more square tail, with the green of the chest strongly tinged with blue. I have M. Bourcier's type, which 

 is labelled ' Voyage de Castelnau, Pampas del Sacramento.' 



405. Chlorostilbon Peruanus, Gould, 

 Habitat. Peru. 



Bill black ; crown, throat, and all the under surface glittering orange-green ; upper surface bronzy green ; 

 wings brown ; tail purplish black. 



Total length 3| inches ; bill f ; wing H; tail I^. 



This, one of the black-billed species, has even a more rounded tail than C Daphne, from which it diff^ers in its 

 larger size and in having a longer bill, and especially in the glittering orange-green colouring of its breast, which 

 in C Daphne is blue. The C, chrysogaster has a somewhat forked steely-black tail ; in other respects the two birds 

 are very similar. 



406. Chlorostilbon Napensis, Gould. 

 Habitat. The banks of the River Napo. 



This species is very similar to, but smaller than C. Daphne, has a still shorter tail, and the blue of the breast 

 not so extended, or confined to the throat. 



407. Chlorostilbon brevicaudatus, Gould. 

 Habitat. Cayenne. 



This bird is very similar to the C. Atala of Trinidad, has the same glittering green-coloured breast, but has a 

 short and more truncate-formed tail, more so than C. Daphne or C. Napensis, 



408. Chlorostilbon chrysogaster. 



Trochilus chrysogaster, Bourc. Ann. Soc. Sci. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, 1843, p. 40 ; Id. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 101. 

 Hylocharis chrysogaster, Gray & Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 115, Hylocharis, sp. 43 ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. 



tom. i. p. 74, Hylocharis, sp. 2. 

 Chlorestes chrysogaster, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pi. 693. figs. 4540-41. 



— prasinus, fcem. Id. ibid. pi. 755. fig. 4737 ? 



Trochilus puber, Siebold in Mus. Monac. (Cabanis). 

 Chlorolampis chrysogastra, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 47. 

 Chlorostilbon melatwrhynchis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc. part xxviii p. 308 .^ 

 Chlorolampis smaragdina, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 48 ? 



