Genus Panychlora Cab.

Among the smallest of the Trochilidæ are the members of the form to which Dr. Cabanis has given the name of Panychlora. They are all inhabitants of New Granada and Venezuela, and are known by the specific names of Aliciæ, euchloris, Poortmanmi, and stenura. They are distinguished by their dull-green colouring, the extreme shortness of their tails, and by the great difference in the colouring of the sexes.

The members of this genus form a very natural section among the little green Humming-Birds, very perceptible to those who have paid attention to this group of birds.

• 411.

  Panychlora Aliciæ

  Habitat: Venezuela and New Granada

  Plate 357 Chlorostilbon Aliciæ Alice’s Emerald

  • Chlorestes Aliciae, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p 4, pl. 754. figs. 4732–33.
  • Trochilus crypturus, Licht. in Mus. of Berlin.
  • Panychlora Aliciae, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. p. 50, note.
  • Panychlora aurata, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 50.
  • Smaragdites maculicollis, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7.
  • Chlorestes maculicollis, Id. ibid. p. 24; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pl. 694. figs. 4545–46; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil ii. p. 49, note.
• 412.

  Panychlora euchloris

  Habitat: New Granada?

  No illustrations

  There is a specimen in the Berlin Museum with a broken bill. In size it is rather larger than Aliciæ, the tail is more forked, and the two outer feathers more pointed; all the feathers have a purplish hue, as seen in Poortmanni, and the glittering feathers of the body are of a dull golden purplish green, as in that species.

  • Smaragdites euchloris, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 7.
  • Chlorestes euchloris, Reichenb. ibid. p. 23; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pl. 694. fig. 4544.
• 413.

  Panychlora stenura (Cab.)

  Habitat: Merida in New Granada

  No illustrations

  This species is fully equal in size to the last, has a more lengthened bill, and the outer tail-feathers are much more pointed.

  • Panychlora stenura, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 56, note.
  • Chlorostilbon acuticaudus, Gould in Proc. Zool. Soc. part xxviii. p. 308.
• 414.

  Panychlora Poortmanni

  Habitat: New Granada

  Plate 358 Chlorostilbon Poortmanni Poortman’s Emerald

  • Ornismya Esmeralda, Less. in Mus. Heinean.
  • Smaragdites Esmeralda, Reich. Aufz. der Col. p. 7.
  • Chlorostilbon Esmeralda, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 4, pl. 694. figs. 4542–43.
  • Panychlora Poortmanni, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 50.

Supplemental

• Panychlora stenura Venezuelan Emerald
• Panychlora russata Coppery Emerald