HYLOCHARIS. CHLORESTE*. 40 L 



narrowly margineJ with brown; fliglit-quilU purplish black; chin 

 rui'ous ; fore-neck and breast violet ; abdomen and under wing- 

 coverts dark green ; thighs white; under tail-cov'erts rufous. 



Total length 88 mm., culmen 19, wing 51, tail 25. 



Adult female. Differs from tbe adult male chiefly in the paler 

 chin, in the absence of violet on the fore-neck and breast, the 

 white on the abdomen, and the dusky grey under tail-coverts. 



Of the two birds described the mule was collected on the 

 Ituribisi River and the female on the Bonasika River. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JVest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. The eggs are white and two in number (Schomburgk). 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Bartica, Bonasika 

 River, Supenaam River, Arawye River, Great Falls Demorara 

 River {McConnell collection) ; Mount Rorainia, 3000 ft., Kama- 

 kusa, Merume Mountains, Bartica {Whitdy). 



Extralimital liange. Venezuela. 



Hahits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 70G) that this 

 bird is common in British Guiana and that its favourite haunt is 

 near the coast in the vicinit}^ of buildings and pastures, where 

 it swarms round the flowering trees. It appeared to be very 

 fond of the Labiatre. Ho saw it constantly hovering over the 

 Leonotis when it was in bloom. The nest, which was oiten found 

 by him, was constructed like those of the other Humming-birds. 

 The eiiiis are white, and the clutch consists of two. 



Genus CHLORESTES Reichenb. 



CJdorestes Reichenbach, J. f. O. ISot, Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. Type 

 C. cyanogenys (VV'ied). 



This genus is distinguished by having the culmen bare nearly to 

 the base, the nasal covers exposed, the tail steel-blue and slightlv 

 rounded. 



272. Chlorestes notatus. 



BlLE-CIIINNKD SaI'I'IIIKK. 



Chlorestes notatus ( Reich.), ISIagazin tics 'riiicrreiclis ( Krlange ) i. Ahlh. ',]. 

 p. 12S), 17!J.3 (Cayenne) ; IJrabounie cV; ('1hiIj1>. 15. S. Auicr. i. \). 1 IS. 

 no. 11:J:3, 11)12. 



NoTK. — Chrysurus Bonaf). Compt. Ucml. Paris. \x\. p. ;'..s2. 

 Af)ril 1, 1850. has priority over ( 'lirii,<iin>Miit iloiiap.. alter 

 .\()\ cnibcr |H.">(). and iini^t be iisr(|. 



