BIFASCIATED SUN-BIRD. 175 



bronzed green of the head and back, but having 

 a greater tinge of golden yellow, this again is 

 shaded into a narrow band of steel-blue, succeeded 

 by another of a dull red, in some lights appearing 

 almost brown, in others dull vermillion-red, and 

 having the tips of the feathers narrowly banded 

 with steel-blue; the remaining under parts are 

 dull black, glossed with blue on the lower tail- 

 coverts, and immediately succeeding the red band. 

 The entire length of the specimen is five inches 

 and three-tenths, the proportions not showing any 

 important variation. The first quill is unusually 

 short, compared with species of similar siz^ There 

 are no axillary tufts. 



