
BY PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER. 
lll.—_ON THE GENUS CHLOROCHRYSA, Bp. 
Tuis genus was formed by the Prince of Canino in a paper in the 
Comptes Rendus, for Jan. 20 of the present year, for the reception 
of the two birds figured in the accompanying plate. They agree in 
ihe form of the’ beak with Zunagrella, but are slightly more tenui- 
rostral (ag a Quinarian would say) than even that form. The tail 
is much shorter than in Tanagrella ; the lateral toes are equal as 
in that genus; the nostrils are almost entirely concealed by the 
frontal plumes, which is only partly the case in Tanagrella. The 
wings are rather long, the first four quills being nearly equal, the 
second or third rather the longest. The plumage is of the most 
brilliant glossy green’ that can be conceived, yet without metallic 
reflections, and must render them a rare ornament to those hot 
tropical valleys of the republics of Ecuador, New Granada, and 
Peru, where the only two species at present known have been 
found. 
1. CHLOROCHRYSA CALLIPARASA (Tscxunr). 
Prare LXXII. Fie. 1, Upper Figure. 
Callospiza calliparma, T'schudi, Wiegm. Arch. 1844, p. 286., and Faun. Per. p. 202. 
—Calliste calliparea, Gray's Gen. App. p. 17.—— Calliste bourcieri, Bon. in 
Compt. Rend. 1851, p. 76.——Calliparza bourcieri, Bp, Note, s. 1. Tang. p. 3. 
CHLOROCHRYSA letissimé viridis; regione oculari, dorso inferiore, 
tectricibus caudz ultimis, et ventre cerules-centibus ; pennis cauda- 
que nigris eodem viridi limbatis; vertice et tectricibus caude proxi- 
mis croceis; regione auriculari castanea ; gula, rostro pedibusque 
nigris. 
Long. tota, 4.6.; ale, 2.8; caudz, 2. 
Bright green; round the eyes, lower back, distal tail-eovers, and 
abdomen, tinged with blue; wings and tail black, margined with the 
same green; vertical spot and proximal tail-covers saffron; ear- 
coyerts chestnut; throat, feet, and bill, black. 
Whole length, 4.6; wing, 2.8; tail, 2. 
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