478 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Coloration.—Pileum, back, and under parts of body velvety black; 
upper tail-coverts bright metallic bluish green; tail dark metallic 
green or greenish black; wings (including remiges) bright metallic 
bronze-green; chin, throat, and chest soft reddish purple. Sexes alike. 
Range.—Lesser Antilles. (Monotypic.) , 
EULAMPIS JUGULARIS (Linnzus). 
PURPLE CARIB. 
Adults (sexes alike).—Upper parts, except wings, upper tail-coverts, 
and tail, uniform velvety black; upper tail-coverts metallic bluish 
green or greenish blue; tail greenish black, glossed with metallic 
bluish green; wings bright metallic green, the wing-coverts and sec- 
ondaries more yellowish or golden green, the primaries more bluish 
green, duller (nearly black on the two outermost); malar region, 
chin, throat, and chest uniform metallic reddish purple (maroon 
purple to nearly burnt carmine), this color encroaching on sides of 
neck; under tail-coverts bright metallic bluish green or greenish 
blue; rest of under parts velvety black; under surface of wings 
metallic green, brightest on coverts; bill black; iris dark brown; feet 
dusky. 
Immature.—Essentially like adults, but reddish purple of throat, 
etc., narrower, restricted to a broad median stripe, the lateral por- 
tions (including malar region) black; black of upper parts glossed, 
more or less, with bluish green (in younger individuals intermixed, 
more or less, with brown feathers). 
Adult male.-—Length (skins), 114-136 (124); wing, 67-78.5 (74.3); 
tail, 35-45 (39.9); culmen, 21-27.5 (22.8).¢ 
Adult female.—Length (skins), 114-132 (124); wing, 65-78 (71.1); 
tail, 33.5-42.5 (88); culmen, 19-30 (25.2).® 
a Thirty specimens. b Fifteen specimens. 
Ex- 
Locality. Wing. | Tail. | posed 
lculmen. 
MALES. 
Two adult males from St. Christopher. .........-.----------- 2-2 cece eee eee eens 76 39 24 
One:adult male from Nevis. 20022000004 sces cere nse eseensaseccataiae series 75 41 24 
Four adult males from Guadeloupe......-..-..--------- 2-202 eee eee eee eee 72.6 39.5 23.3 
Seven adult males from Dominica. ............---- 0025 eee eee eee eee eee ee eee 75.6 40.7 22.5 
Seven adult males from Martinique. ............--.------ 2-22 -e eee eee ee eee eee 75.6 41.6 22.3 
Eight adult males from St. Vincent..........---------- 2-22-02 eee eee eee eee ee eee 72 38 22.8 
One adult male from Barbados... ........-..2---- 2202 ee eee e eee eee eee ences 78 4l 23 
FEMALES. 
One adult female from St. Christopher........--2-22.-2-.--.-2+ee sees Saiwedose 70.5| 36.5 30 
Two adult females from Guadeloupe. ........------------ 2-02 eee eee cece eee eens 69.2 35.7 25.7 
Seven adult females from Dominica.... 73.1 39.6 24 
Two adult females from St. Vincent... 66.5 34.5 25 
One adult female from Martinique. ........---.-----+ 2. ce esse cence eee eee eee eee 71 39 27 
Two adult females from Santa Lucia.........-.-.----- 22. e eee eee eee ee eee e eens 70.5 38.5 b 26 
