480 BIRDS OK BUlTIStl (,l lANA. 



Genus CYANEEPES Oberli. 

 Ci/anerpcs Oberliolser, Auk, xvi. p. 32, 1^99. Type C. cyaneus (Linn.). 



Fig. 1S2. — Cyanerpes cyaiieiis. 



The members of this genu.s are also small Ijirds with hriohtly- 

 coloured plumage and whitish teet. The hill is proportionately 

 long, slender, and slightly decurved at the tip. The wing is 

 more or less pointed, the three outer primaries 1/eing longest and 

 ahout equal. The tail is square at the tip and rather more than 

 halt' the lentith of the wing. The tarsus is ahout three-fourths the 

 K-ngth of the exposed cuhiien. Coloration : male and female 

 dirtereut. 



Aey to the Species. 



A. Crown of head turquoi.se-blue ; upjier back 

 black ; chin and throat blue; under ^^'ing- 



coverts ^'elluw C. cyaneus, 6 , p. ^SO. 



o. Lores black ; throat greeni.sh white ; 



under wing-coverts yellow C. cyaneus, 2 ^ P- ^^ 1- 



1). Ci'own of head purplish blue ; u]>]jer back 

 also purplish blue ; chin and throat black ; 



under wing-coverts also black C. ccEviileus, c? , ji. 483. 



h. Lores rust-coloured ; throat fawn-colour; 



under wing-coverts creaui-wbite C. cceruhus, 5 , p. 1S3. 



G52. Cyanerpes cyaneus. 

 Blue HoNEY-Ci;EP:rEK. 



Cerfhia cyanea Linn. Syst. Nat. i. }). ISS, 17GG ("Brasilia Cayania "j. 

 Arhclorhina cyanea Cab. in Schomb. lieis. (Juian. iii. p. G7.3, 1M8. 

 Cwrehn cyana Salvin, Ibis, ISS.3, p. 207 (Bartica Grove, Mei-uiue 



Mts., Camacusa, Koraima, 3500 ft.) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



xi. p. 32, lSb6 (Koraima, Camacusa, Bartica j. 

 Cyanerpes cyaneus Beebe, Our Search for a AVihlcruess, p. lo8 (Hooric 



Creek), p. 340 (Aremuj, 1010 ; Brabounie k Chubb, B. S. Aiucr. i. 



p. 307, no. 4077, 1012. 

 Cyanerpes cyaneus cyaneus Beebe, Tropical AVild Life in British Guiana, 



p. 241, 1017. 



Ad'ilt male. Crown of head tnrquoise-blue : base of forehead, 

 lores, rvelids. and a s[iot behind the eye velvety black like the 



