CHLOKOiSTILBON. 



403 



Type 



Genus CHLOROSTILBON Gould. 



Chlorostilbon Gould, Monogr. Trochil. v. pi. 355, 1853. 

 C. pi/cJiefani (Bouvc). 



In this genus the bill is short and nearly straight, the tomia of 

 the mandible only serrated, the interramal space nude, the cuhnen 

 bare <o the base, and the nasal covers exposed. The tail is short 

 and square. 



Chlorosfilhon siihfurcatus. 



Fig. 78. — To show the straight bill, bare culmeii, exposed nasal 

 covers, and the square tail. 



273. Chlorostilbon subfurcatus. 

 RoBAiMA Emerald. 



Chlorosfilboii suhfurcatus Berlepsch, Ibis, 1S87, p. 297 (Mount 



Roraiina) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 119, no. 11-49, 



1912. 

 Chlorostilbon prasiniis (nee Less.), Salvin, Ibis, 18S5, p. 430 (Koraima) ; 



id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 56, 1892 (Demerara). 

 Chlorostilbon atala (nee Less.), Queleb, Tiniebri (2) v. p. 101, 1891 



(Georgetown). 



Adult male. Bright glittering green above and below ; tail 

 steel-blue ; Hight-feathers brown. 



Total length 07 mm., cuhnen 14, wing 42, tail 21. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the thront, 

 middle of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, and pale 

 tips to tiie outer tail-feathers. AV'ing 43 mm. 



Tiie male described was collected on the Abary River, and tlio 

 female on the Ituribi.si Kivcr. 



JJreedh'.f/seaxon. Unknown . 



Sest. Unrecorded. 



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