Chalkydri

Chalkydri - Archangels of the flying elements of the sun.  Mentioned in Enoch II, where they aer linked with the phoenixes and placed amidst cherubim and seraphim.  The chalkydri are 12-winged.  at the rising o the sun they burst into song.  Their habitat is the 4th Heaven.  In gnostic lore, they are demonic.  In Charles' Introduction to Enoch II, the chalkydri are described as "monstrous serpents with the heads of crocodiles" and as "natural products of the Egyptian imagination." (a)

(a) "The Dictionary of Angels" by Gustav Davidson, © 1967