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 metaUic bronze-green; chin, throat, and chest soft reddish purple. Sexes alike.
Range. — Lesser Antilles. (Monotypic.)
EULAMPIS JUGULARIS (Linnæus).
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 secondaries 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 portions (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).[1]
Adult female. — Length, (skins), 114-132 (124); wing, 65-78 (71.1); tail, 33.5-42.5 (38); culmen, 19-30 (25.2).[2]
- ↑ Thirty specimens.
- ↑ Fifteen specimens.
Locality. Wing. Tail. Exposed
culmen.males Two adult males from St. Christopher 76 39 24 One adult male from Nevis 75 41 24 Four adult males from Guadeloupe 72.6 39.5 23.3 Seven adult males from Dominica 75.6 40.7 22.5 Seven adult males from Martinique 75.6 41.6 22.3 Eight adult males from St. Vincent 72 38 22.8 One adult male from Barbados 78 41 23 females One adult female from St. Christopher 70.5 36.5 30 Two adult females from Guadeloupe 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 71 39 27 Two adult females from Santa Lucia 70.5 38.5 26
