33^ Genera of Huinjning Birds. 



459. EULAMPlS JUGULARIS, Linné, Syst., Nat., 1766, p. 190. 



Trochihis auratus, Gmel., Syst., Nat., 1788, vol. i., p. 487. 



Torchilus vranatinus, Lath. Ind. Ornith., 1790, vol. i., 

 P- 305- 



Soui-manga prasinoptere, Vieill., Ois. Dorés, 1802, vol. ii.^ 

 p. 65. 



Trochilus grammatlcus, Vieill., Ois. Dorés, 1802, vol. ii., 

 p. 17. 



Ciilampis aiiratus, Less., Ind. Gen. Syn. Gen. Troch., 1834, 

 p. 7. 



Polytmiis jugularis, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. iio. 



Topaza violacea, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. iio. 



Pîirple-breasted Carïb, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. ii., p. 82. 



r Eulampe grenat, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1875, 

 vol. ii., p. 132. 



Habitat. — Nevis, Martinica, Dominica, and Santa Lucia. 



Male. — Upperside velvety - black. Upper and und&rtail- 

 coverts metallic brilliant bluish-green. Tail dark shining 

 blackish-green. Wings and their coverts glittering metallic 

 dark green. Chin, throat, and breast shining vinous-purple. 

 Abdomen, glossy black. Bill black. 



Total length, 4fin. Wing, 3. Tail, if. Culmen, J. 



Female. — Like the male. 



I have one specimen with the primaries metallic dark green, 

 secondaries and tertiaries dark golden-green. 



This species is abundant in all the Lesser Antilles. It 

 varies slightly in the colour of wings, upper and undertail 

 coverts, as also in the form and size of bill. Some have the 

 bill longer, and more or less curved than others. The female 

 and young have the longer bills. It is the only species which 

 has the wings and coverts so brilliantly coloured. 



Genus CXXXIV. Sericotes, Reich., Aufz. der Colib, 



1853, P- II- 

 Type : T. holosericeus, Linné. 



Bill slender, longer than the head, the feathers of the fore- 

 head projecting on the culmen, nostrils partly covered. 



