180 LITTLE BLUE-BANDED SUN-BIRD. 



with blue, the feathers edged with rich shining 

 green. 



In the female above alluded to, the upper parts 

 are nearly similar, but having a greater mixture of 

 yellow ; this extends slightly over the cheeks and 

 sides of the neck, but the chin and throat are 

 yellowish white, shading into dull gamboge-yellow, 

 which occupies the remaining under parts, becoming 

 bright in the centre of the belly and vent, and 

 there is no trace of the brilliant gular and pectoral 

 patch and band which characterises the male. 

 Le Vaillant remarks that the young, whether males 

 or females, had the plumage of the adult female, 

 above being a little less brilliant, while underneath 

 the tint of the yellow was not so deep. 



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