NIPAUL SUN-BIRD. 237 



with the edges of the quills and secondaries, are 

 olive, or of a clear oil-green, the rump gamboge- 

 yellow, the upper tail-coverts deep steel-blue ; the 

 quills and secondaries are blackish blue, paler on the 

 inner webs ; the tail, graduated and having the 

 feathers rather accuminated towards the tips, is 

 black, the centre feathers being nearly entirely 

 greenish steel-blue, those on the outsides edged with 

 that colour. The under parts are gamboge-yellow, 

 in the centre of the breast and belly bright reddish 

 orange ; the insides of the wings are pale yellowish 

 white. 



