RED-TAILED SUN-BIRD. 243 



ceeding it the upper covers and tail are of the same 

 scarlet or wax-red with the male, the long feathers 

 having a black shaft and disunited webs. The 

 chin, fore part of the neck, and breast, are pale oil- 

 green, of a greyish tint, and the remaining under 

 parts are dull gamboge-yellow, darkest and clearest 

 in the centre of the breast and belly. 



The above described specimens are from Silhet, 

 and were presented by Sir Philip Egerton, Bart. 

 to the Society. 



