"Of the genus Cometes, to which the new bird belonged, two species had already been described, the C. Sparganurus and C. Phaon, and he proposed for the third species the name of C. Mossia, after its discoverer." (Gould 1853); "COMETES? GLYCERIA, Gould. ... The only example known, and which is in my own collection, was procured by M. Mossa, near Popoyan in Columbia, and by him sent to M. Parzudaki of Paris, from whom I obtained it. I regret to find that some confusion exists with regard to the specific name of this fine bird. Aware of its interest in a scientific point of view, I exhibited the specimen to the Natural History Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at their meeting in Hull in 1853, and suggested the name of Mossai as its specific appelation; but in an after-conversation, my friend the late Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte advised me to give it the name of Glyceria as being a more appropriate name for so beautiful a bird, and this name having appeared in the Prince's and other lists of the family prior to the publication of the British Association Report, it is the one which must be adopted. M. Mossa being thus deprived of the compliment I had intended him, I beg here to testify to the value of his discovery, and to record my sense of M. Parzudaki's kindness in giving me the first offer of so fine a bird." (Gould 1861) (syn. Lesbia x Ramphomicron).
