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plumage is more violaceous, and the tarsi and toes appear to be stronger 

 than those of that species. 



The females differ much in appearance, the female of Q. inflexirostris 

 being above of a more decided brown, and having the under plumage 

 grayer ; the wings and tail are brown, but the single adult specimen of 

 that species sent has the plumage much worn, which may account for 

 its brown appearance. 



From Dominica, intermediate between the habitats of the two forms, 

 no species of Quiscalas is recorded. 



Fam. TYRANNISE. 



18; Elainea martinica (Linn.) . 



" Length, <?, 6 J in.; alar extent, 10; wing, 3 J. 

 " Length, 9 , 6 in. ; alar extent, 9 ; wing, 3. 



"In the oleander and ponne rose hedges near Eiviere Kongo, not 

 abundant near Matouba." 



Fam. TROCHILID2E. 



19. Eulampis jugularis (Linn.). 

 u Garnet-throat Hummer. 



" With the Violet-breast about equally distributed, almost solely in 

 the mountains. The numerous flowers that are now in bloom attract it, 

 with the other, but it is nowhere so abundant as in Dominica." 



20. Eulampis holosericeus (Linn.). 



" Violet-breast Hummer. 



"Length, 4 J in.; alar extent, GJ; wing, 2£. 



" Length, 2, 3f in. ; alar extent, G; wing, 2. 



" I saw in the Musee at Martinique a humming-bird much resembling 

 this species, with the breast and throat the same, but having the chin 

 for a half inch or so beneath the bill of the same garnet coloring as in 

 the Garnet-throat, just as if a fragment of the gorget of the Garnet- 

 throat had been removed from that bird and attached to this. I really 

 thought it was a manufactured specimen, but a close examination failed 

 to detect any defect. Mr. Belanger said there were others in the garden 

 like it, but I never saw them, though I often hunted there. Mr. Belanger 

 is a good botanist, but nothing of an ornithologist. Since Br. L'hermi- 

 nier left nothing has been done respecting the birds of the islands. 

 This specimen was a mounted one in a private case in the side building 

 of the garden. 



" Dr. Colardeau held that this is none other than the young of U. jugu- 

 laris. He says he has had the young in a nest, and that they were all 

 like this, and that the old female (which came to feed them) was exactly 

 like the highest colored of this species." 



21. Orthorhynchus exilis (Gm.). 



" Length, <?, 3£ in. ; alar extent, 5; wing, 2. 

 "Length, 9, 3J in.; alar extent, 4J; wing, 2. 



