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white on lower part of vent on each side. Rectrices steel- 

 blue, short, of same length. Wings purplish-black. Bill 

 black. 



Total length, 3in. Wing, i-|. Tail, -J. Culmen, -|. 



Female. — Upperside shining green. Throat and centre of 

 abdomen gray. Rest of underside shining green. Ear coverts 

 brownish-green. A spot of gray behind the eyes. Tail steel- 

 blue, outermost rectrice tipped gray. 



It is a rare species. My specimens were collected by Mr. 

 Hauxwell at Nauta (Pérou). I have some others, which I 

 believe to be from Trinidad. 



Genus LVIII. Panychlora, Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hein., 



i860, t. iii., p. 49. 



Type : T. aliciae Bourcier. 



Bill as long as the head, straight. Feathers of forehead 

 projecting on culmen. Nostrils hidden. Wings long, reaching 

 the end of tail. Tail short, slightly forked. Rectrices narrow. 

 Feet small. Tarsi partly clothed. Underside brilliantly coloured 

 in males. Sexes unlike. 



Habitat. — Venezuela and Columbia. 



180. Panychlora Alicia, Boure. and Muls., Rev. Zool. r 



1848, p. 274. 



Chlorostilbon aliciae, Bon. Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, 

 p. 239. 



Smaragditis aliciae, Reich., Aufz. der Col., 1853, p. 7. 



Chlorestes alice, Reich., Troch., Enum., 1855, p. 4. 



Alice's Emerald, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v., p. 357. 



Le Panychlore d'Alice, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1875, 

 t. ii., p. 1 16. 



Habitat. — Venezuela and Columbia. 



Male. — Crown golden. Upperside shining golden-green. 

 Underside metallic dark golden-green. Tail dark green with 

 blackish reflections. Rectrices narrow, nearly even. Wings 

 purplish brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 2|in. Wing, i\. Tail, 1. Culmen, \. 



Female. — Upperside bronzy-green. Underside grayish- 

 white. Median rectrices green, lateral green at base, then 

 black, tipped with gray. 



