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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 w’ith 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. 6 1. 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. The next we may mention is the 
