Foreign Birds. 
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ho rradily distinguished tVoni same by its Ijright green I'Uiiip. 
It fuiiges over Colombia, Peru, and Holivia. 
Description (,(?). Plumage silken and lustrous, l)rilliant 
grass-green : rump brighter green : broad i)atcli on hind neck 
and circle rt)und eye turquoise-blue : middle of abdomen yellow, 
greenish at sides and ventral region : inner margins of wing-quills 
white : 1)111 dark horn-brown ; legs and feet brownish. Total 
length inches, tail if inches. 
( ? ). Similar, l)ut less brilliant. 
Yellow-fronted Chloro Taxager (G. fronlalis) -. 
This and the next species are distinguished by having a yellow- 
frontal band, but it is broader and more distinct in ffoiifdlis than 
in roraii)iu'. 
Description ( c? ). Plumage iridescent ; brilliant grass- 
green : broad collar on luipe, circle round eyes, rump and upper 
tail-coverts turquoise-blue : under wing-coverts yellowish-white ; 
inner margin of wing-feathers white : bill horn-brown ; legs and 
feet brownisii. Total length ") inches, tail I5 inches. 
( ? ). Very similar but less brilliant, and the blue collar 
on nape and yellow-frontal band less distinct : the rump is green 
and the abdomen greenish-yellow. 
It is a native of Venezuela. 
RoRAiMA Mountain Chloro Tanager rnraiww) : 
The popular name of this species I have based on the locality it 
comes from as it appears to l)e local to the Roraima Mountains, 
British Guiana. 
Description ( <? ). Plumage iridescent : brilliant grass-green ; 
collar on nape, circle round eyes, rump, and ujiper tail-coverts 
turquoise-blue ; interscapulium strongly sulfused with blue ; wings 
and tail black with green margins ; frontal band (forehead) yellow ; 
ujider wing coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers white ; 
bill horn-brown ; legs and feet brownish. Total length -l^ inches, 
tail if inches. 
( ? ). Very similar but less brilliant ; abdomen greenish- 
yellow ; interscapulium green. 
Yellow-billed Chloro Tanager (C. jiarirostrisj 
This species is very beautiful and is more entitled to the cogno- 
men All Green than any other member of the genus. 1 think this 
species has been imported alive to this country and if I remember 
rightly two or three specimens were exhibited by Mr. C. P. 
