BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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Adult female. — Above metallic bronze-green or greenish bronze, 

 including middle rectrices; other rectrices purplish black, the two or 

 three outer pairs rather broadly tipped with light brownish gray and 

 with basal portion rather dull metallic greenish or bronzy, the one 

 next to middle pair with greenish or bronzy basal area more extended; 

 remiges dusky, faintly glossed with violaceous; under parts sooty 

 gray, slightly deeper laterally and posteriorly, paler on chin and 

 throat; bill, etc., as in adult male; length (skins), 71-91 (78); wing, 

 44-49 (46.3); tail, 26-31 (28.6); exposed culmen, 9-12 (10.6).« 



Immature male. — Similar to the adult male, but without any crest, 

 the pileum being rather didl metallic green, with feathers dusky 

 basally. 



0- Thirty-five specimens. 



Locality. 



MALES. 



One adult male from Porto Rico 



Nine adult males from St. Tliomas 



Two adult males from Anegada 



Seven adult males from Antigua 



Two adult males from Barbuda 



One adult male from Sombrero 



Ten adult males from Santa Lucia 



Three adult males from Martinique 



Tea adult males from Dominica 



Four adult males from Virgin Gorda 



Seven adult males from Guadeloupe 



Two adult males from Saba 



Four adult males from St. Eustatius 



One adult male from Marie Galante 



One adult male from Desirade 



Eight adult males from St. Christopher 



FEMALES. 



Three adult females from St. Thomas 



One adult female from Anegada 



One adult female from Antigua 



Two adult females from Barbuda 



Ten adult females from Santa Lucia 



Four adult females from Martinique 



Two adult females from Dominica 



One adult female from Virgin Gorda 



Six adult females from Guadeloupe 



One adult female from Saba 



One adult female from Marie Galante 



One adult female from Desirade 



One adult female from St. Christoplier 



One adult female from St. Bartholomew 



Wina 



47 



48.4 



47.5 



4S. 1 



47.5 



47 



49 



47.8 



48.1 



47.5 



48 



48 



48.5 



46.5 



47.5 



48. 



44.8 



46 



45 



44.7 



46.4 



47.7 



46.5 



47 



47 



45 



47.5 



45.5 



45 



46 



Tail. 



27.5 



28. 2 



26 



27.4 



27.5 



29.5 



28.9 



28.5 



28.2 



28 



28.9 



28.7 



28.7 



28 



2S 



28.2 



28.5 



26 



29 



30.5 



28.4 



29.4 



28.5 



28.5 



28.6 



28 



29 



28 



29.5 



28 



Ex- 

 posed 

 culmen. 



8.5 



9.2 



9.2 



8.6 



9 



8 



8.6 



8.8 



8.9 



8.6 



8.8 



8.7 



8.9 



8.5 



8 



8.5 



11.7 



12 



10 



10.7 



10.4 



11.2 



10.7 



11 



11.5 



10.5 



10 



12 



11 



Occasional specimens from Martinique and Santa Lucia have the tip of the crest 

 nearly as blue as examples from St. Vincent (0. e. ornatus), and those from Dominica 

 have the tip of the crest more often tinged with blue than those from more northern 

 islands. 



