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Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, antl peivhaps not always 

 distinguishable, l)ut usually \\ii\\ the blue jugular area smaller and 

 more greenish blue, and bill longer; length (skins), 110-121 (115); 

 wing, 57.5-62 (59.5); tail, 32-35 (33.5); culmen, 21.5-26.5 (24.1).« 



Young. — Similar to adults, but color of under parts much duller, 

 the chin, throat, and chest wholly dull metallic bronze-green, with 

 underlying portion of feathers gra3rish dusk}^. 



Lesser Antilles (islands of Barbados, Union, Carriacou, Canouan, 

 Bequia, St. Vincent, Santa Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Marie 

 Galante, Desirade, Grand Terre, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Antigua, 

 Barbuda, Nevis, St. Christo])her, St. Eustatius, Saba, St. Bartholo- 

 mew, and Sombrero), and Virgin group (islands of St. Ci'oix, A.ne- 

 gada. Virgin Gorda, Tortola, St. Johns, St. Thomas, and Culebra). 



[TrocUlus] holosericem Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 120 (based on Black- 

 hellied Green Hiimming-hird Edwards, Gleanings, i, \A. 36, etc.); ed. 12, i, 

 1766, 191.— Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. i, 1788, 491.— Latham, Index Orn., i, 

 1790, 305.— Temminck, Cat. Syst., 1807, 81. 



Trochilus holoftericens Audebert and Vieillot, Ois. Dores, i, 1801, 19, pi. 6 

 ("Porto Rico").— Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vii, 1817, 357 ("Mex- 

 ico;" "Guiana;" "Porto Rico;" "St. Domingo"). — Lesson, Hist. Nat. 

 Colibr., 1830-31, 76, pi. 20 (St. Thomas; "Porto Rico;" Martinique); Index 

 Gen. et Synop. Troch., 1832, p. xi. 



T\rorMluji\ holosericeus YiEiLLOT, Tabl. Enc. Meth., ii, 1822, 551. 



P[olytmus] holosericeus Gray, Gen. Birds, i, Dec, 1848, 108. 



[Polytnms] holosericeus Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 130, no. 1649. 



[Eulampis] holosericeus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 72; Rev. et Mag. de 

 ZooL, 1854, 250.— Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 81, part.— 

 MuLSANT, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii, 1876, 211, part. — Cory, List Birds 

 West Ind., 1885, 17, part.— Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, 395 (Santa 

 Lucia). 



Eulampis holosericeus Gould, ]\Ion. Troch., pt. xiv, 1857 (vol. ii, 1861), pi. 83; 

 Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 68.- Cassin. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sd. Phila., 1860, 

 377 (St. Thomas).— Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 291; Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1871, 272 (Santa Lucia); 1874, 175 (Barbados); 1883, 499 (Anguilla); 

 1892, 499 (Anguilla).— Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 170 (Martinique; Dominica; 

 habits).— Mulsant and Verreaux, Classif. Troch., 1866, 42; Hist. Nat. 

 Ois.-Mouch., ii, livr. 2, 1875, 134; Suppl., pi. 41. — Semper, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1872, 651 (Santa Lucia; descr. nest).— Elliot, Ibis, 1872, 35 (St. 

 Thomas; St. Croix; Martinique; Dominica; Santa Lucia; synon.; crit.); 

 Classif. and Synop. Troch., 3879, 42 (excl. syn. part). — Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus.,xvi, 1892, 105 (excl. syn. part).— Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 

 1878, 60 (Dominica; habits), 192 (St. Vincent), 234 (Antigua); i, 1879, 358 

 (Martinique), 458 (Guadeloupe), 487, part (Barbuda; Antigua; Guadeloupe; 

 Dominica; Martinique; St. Vincent). — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, v, 

 1880, 167 (Santa Lucia).— Lister, Ibis, 1880, 42 (St. Vincent).— Grisdale, 

 Ibis, 1882, 486 (Montserrat; habits).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 351, part; iv, 

 1887, 96 (Martinique); vii, 1890, 374 (Anegada), 375 (Tortola; Virgin Gorda); 

 viii, 1891, 47 (Antigua; St. Eustatius), 48 (St. Croix; St. Christopher; Guade- 

 loupe); Birds West Ind., 1889, 146, part; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 13, 106, 



a Sixteen specimens. 



