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t'xistiuy niime All Green for riiu'dis, though its i)liiiu!i«e is Ki-eeu, 
blue, uiul yellow. 
Ke// to the Species (B.M.C., Vol. xi). Suggested F()i)ul!ir Xiime. 
" A. Cap bright green " 
" a. Hill black " 
■' a' Front green " 
" a "Rump blue " 
j belly i)ale yellow 1. /v'/vW/x" All Green Chloro Tanager 
I l)elly dark yellow '1. Idiiiiipemiix" Yellow-brested ., 
" b"Ruiup gi'een ?>. torre.joiii ''' Green-rumped ., „ 
" 1) ' Front yellow " 
I interscapulium green 4. /nuila/in" Yellow-fronted., 
( interscapulium blue b. ruruima " Rorainia ]\Iountain .. ., 
" 1). Bill yellow C). riarirostrin" Yellow-billed ,. „ 
" B. Cap bright blue 7. jurtrii" Blue-capped 
" C. Cap green, with a bright blue nuchal spot 
" c. Superciliaries green 8. occipitalh" Green-capped „ „ 
■' d. Superciliaries yellow d. rnllnj)hf/rs" Y'ellow-naped „ 
The above names are not altogether satisfactory, but this is 
unavoidable and used in conjunction with the above key, should 
do something to eliminate the present confusion, and with the 
prefix " Chloro," that is, calliny this genus Chloro Tanagers, the 
names given are not likely to clash with those of the other 
Tanagrine genera. Faulty as tlie above arrangement is, if all avi- 
culturists fall into line, it will be less confusing than the present 
custom, and it is at any rate a definite basis to work from ; based 
as it is, not upon the general colouration, which is very similar 
throughout the genus, bt/f upon the distinguislting fprttxrc of <'((cJi 
sppcif:^. I venture to hope all F.B.C. members will adopt the above 
names when describing or exhibiting their birds and thus put an 
end to one common or popular name for nine species. 
Whether the prefix Chloro becomes general or not, the 
names allotted to the respective species are as descriptive as cir- 
cumstances i)ermit — there is really no one distinguishing colour 
that is common to the first six species and the same difJiculty 
largely prevails with the last three also. Possibly some may say 
that with the prefix the names are too cumbersome, but if thereby 
confusion with the popular names of other sections of the 
Tanagrid^ is avoided, it is worth while putting up with the in- 
convenience, besides, generally they can be spoken of as All Green 
Chloro, etc., and to this end I have left Chloro and Tanager 
unconnected. 
