PANYCHLORA STENURA, Cab. Sf Heine. 



Venezuelan Emerald. 



PanycMora stenura^ Cab. & Heine, Mus. Ileiii. Th. iii. p. 50, note 7 (1860). — Gould, Introd. 

 Monogr. Trochilidae, 8vo, p. 180 (1861). — Sclater & Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1870, p. 782; iid. Nomencl. Avium Neotrop. p. 94 (1873).— Elliot, Ibis 1875, 

 p. 171. — Muls. Hist. Nat. Oiseaux-Mouches, ii. p. 117 (1875). — Elliot, Synopsis 

 of the Humming-birds, p. 248 (1878). — Eudes-Deslongchamps, Annuaire Mus. 

 d'Hist. Nat. Caen, i. p. 533 (1880). 



CJiJorostilhon acuticaudiis, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 308. 



Hylocharis stenura^ Gray, Hand-list of Birds, i. p. 149, no. 1920 (1869). 



PanycJdora alici(Sy Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 379 (nee Boiu^c. & Muls.). 



This species was named by me Chlorostilhon acutkaudus in 1860; but it had been called by Drs. Cabanis and 

 Heine PanycJdora stemira m the same year; and their name apparently havii\^ been published before mine, 

 I have adopted it in the present work. 



P. stemira is very nearly allied to P. poortmani and P. alicicB, bnt may be distinguished by its extremely 

 narrow and pointed outer tail-feathers, and by the colour of the throat, which is bright green instead of very 

 dark green, as in P, alicm, or shining grass-green, as in P. poortmani. These differences are well shown by 

 Mr. Elliot in his key to the species of Pamjchlora. 



The habitat of this species appears to be Venezuela and Colombia — Mr. Goering having met with it in the 

 highlands of Merida in the former country, while Mr. Wyatt procured it at Ocana in the latter. 



The following diagnosis of the species is extracted from Mr. Elliot's Synopsis : — 



^'Male. Crown glittering green ; upper surface and tail golden green. Under surface shining grass-green. 

 Wings purplish brown. Bill black. Total length 3 inches, wing If, tail 1, bill I. 



''Female ov yoimg male has the rectrices golden green, the lateral one with ashy tips. Underparts grey. 

 Upper parts golden green." 



An adult male and female are represented in the Plate. The specin)ens were kindly lent to me by Messrs. 

 Salvin and Godman. 



