LESBIA CHLORURA, Gould. 



Green-tailed Train-bearer. 



Lesbia chlorura, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 504. 



Lesbia gouldi (pt.), Elliot, Synopsis of the Trochilid^, p. 146 (1878). 



Mr. Elliot does not consider that the present bird will prove really distinct from L. gouldi ; but I think that 

 the characters which I have given will ultimately be found to be correct, though they may not be very strongly 

 pronounced. 



The following is my original account of the species, pubhshed in 1871 :— " This species has all the 

 characteristics of elegance ; indeed a more graceful little creature can scarcely be conceived. It is very 

 nearly allied to L, gouldi and L. gracilis, but differs from both in having a more lengthened, straighter, and 

 greener tail, and is more especially distinguished by having a much longer and stouter bill than either of them. 

 Its native country is supposed to be Peru. The specimen described has been in my possession for a length 

 of time ; but I have delayed characterizing it in the hope that other examples might be received." 



"Crown of the head and all the upper surface golden green; gorget glittering green, round and well 

 defined as in L. gouldi ; abdomen mottled green and buff, its lower portion and the under tail-coverts pure 

 buff; wings purplish brown; the eight central-feathers entirely light green, the external one on each side 

 olive, finely powdered and tipped with green, and having the outer web buflf for more than half its length 

 from the base. Total length 6i inches, bill re, wing 2, tail 5|." 



