CHIZiERHIS CON CO LOR.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate II. (Male.) 
C. cinereo-griseus brunneo-tinctus ; huincris scapularibusque cupreo-viridi umbratis ; remigibus viridi- 
brunnois ; cauda viridi-grisoa ; rostro pedibusque nigris ; capite cristato, crista plumis decompositis e 
fronte porrectis. 
Longittjdo 20 unc. 
Coliphimus Concolor, Rep. of Exped. page 54, June 1836. 
Colour. — Dull ashy, or smoke-grey, tinted with brown ; the scapulars and 
shoulders variegated by greenish shades, exhibiting a metallic lustre. Bastard 
wings, primary quill coverts, and quill feathers, greenish brown; the green 
most distinct upon the inner vanes ; the outer vanes of secondary quill 
feathers greenish grey, the inner deep green, with a metallic gloss. Tail 
above glossy greenish grey, except towards the extremity, where it is deep 
greenish brown, beneath greenish brown with a brassy tint. Bill and claws 
black ; tarsi and toes livid brown. Eyes dark brown. 
Form, &c. — Bill compressed, higher than broad at the base, and its height 
nearly equal to its length ; culmen slightly rounded and arched from the 
base ; the tip of the upper mandible pointed and somewhat hooked, with a 
slight emargination immediately behind it ; commissure slightly sinuated ; 
nostrils small, pierced in the bill, close to the culmen and a little in front of 
the feathers of the forehead, with a distinct narrow groove extending from each, 
obliquely downwards and forwards towards the commissure. Wings, when 
folded reach over the first third of the tail ; fourth and fifth quill feathers 
longest and slightly exceeding the third and sixth; the second considerably 
shorter’ than the third, and the first not half the length of the fourth. Tarsi 
and toes moderately robust, the former covered in front by transverse plates, 
behind and on the sides by minute granular scales. Claws moderately curved. 
Head surmounted by a long crest, which extends obliquely upwards and 
