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golden-green, with violet reflections ; the others, and 

 all beneath, violet or purple, according to the light, 

 and tipped and edged with a shade much deeper. 



The young, I believe, will stand as the T. mar- 

 garitaceus, gularis, and maculatus. In this state, 

 the upper plumage is paler, with a more golden or 

 browner lustre, the under parts pure white, shaded 

 with green on the flanks, and having an irregular 

 blackish-brown line from the chin below the centre 

 of the belly. The tail is of rich and pale violet 

 on both sides, except the upper surface of the centre 

 feathers, which are of the same colour with the back ; 

 and in the very young states, the outer feathers are 

 tipped with white. 



This seems a very common species in all the 

 West India Islands, and is also a hardy bird. We 

 have alluded to its being brought alive to this country, 

 at p. 61. of the first volume. On Plates XXXII. and 

 XXXIII. of the same volume we also represented a 

 species allied to this, and which, with a few others 

 which we shall immediately mention, form a very 

 natural group, both in form and in disposition of co- 

 lours. From this Lesson makes his " vi. Race, Les 

 Caraibes," and Boie his genus Anthracothorax. 

 Trochilus mango and T. gramineus will be typical 

 of it. Tbe next we may mention is the 



