Genus— CHLOROMUNIA. 
Cjiloromunia INIathews, Austral Av. 
Rec., Vol. V., pts. 2-3, p. 40, 
Feb. 21st, 1923. Tyj^e (by 
original designation) .. .. Erythura trichroa macgilUvrayi Matliews. 
Under the name Erythura, spelt Eryihrura, Sharpe attempted lumping a 
series of Green Finches mth Redtails. The bills varied, being long and 
thin or short and stout; the tails short mth no attenuate central feathers, 
or with a very long attenuate central pair. Some had red heads, some had 
blue; and some had the abdomen red, some blue, some green; but never¬ 
theless they were obviously by colour alone closely allied, yet the structure 
had varied quite considerably for tins family. 
Sharpe attempted to diagnose the group by means of structure, thus: 
“ Tail longer than wing, exceedhig it by less than length of tarsus. 
Inner secondaries elongated, so as to equal the primaries in length. 
BiU sharply pointed and stout, the exposed portion of the culmen 
more than ecjual to the length of the hind-toe and elaw.” 
This apphes to one species of his group only, the rest disagr-eeing in many 
details, some having the tail only liaK the length of the wing instead of being 
longer. 
As long ago as 1862, Reichenbach, in “ Die Smg. Vogel,” had separated 
the series into groups, thus: 
p. 32 Amblynura for pealei Hartl. and cyanovirens Peale. 
Acalanthe psittacea L. 
ErythrurOy trichroa (Trichroa) and prasina and pucheranii 
(Erythrura) 
and stated that the Azuvert, Vieill. Chant., pi. xx., sometimes classed with 
these, should be placed in Acnnira. Later, when he came to deal \vith Fringilla 
tricolor Vieillot, given to tlie pi. xx., he used the genus name Diacmura. 
True Erythrura, i.e. prasina, has a long, stout, sharply pointed bill, the 
tail short, upper tail-coverts almost as long, but the two central tail-feathers 
very long and attenuate. The bill is equal to the tarsus, and the tail slightly 
exceeds the wing in length. The coloration is green above, red rump and tail, 
blue throat and red abdomen. 
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