Genus Chætocercus G. R. Gray

The members of the genus Acestrura naturally lead on to the Calothorax Rosæ and C. Jourdani, constituting the genus Chætocercus.

Both these birds have very singularly formed tails, as may be seen on reference to the respective plates on which they are represented.

• 168.

  Chætocercus Rosæ

  Habitat: Venezuela

  Plate 149 Calothorax Rosæ Crimson-throated Wood-Star

  • Chaetocercus Rosae, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 60
• 169.

  Chætocercus Jourdani

  Habitat: The Island of Trinidad, where Mr. Tucker states that it frequents the chainae but is very rare.

  Plate 150 Calothorax Jourdani Jourdan’s Wood-star

Supplemental

• Chætocercus bombus Little Wood-Star