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WHITE-BODIED SUNBIRD. 



AntTireptes kztcosoma 9 SWAINS. 

 PLATE XVII. 



Throat and body beneath pure white ; chin and upper plu- 

 mage glossy violet-purple ; rump with an emerald-green spot; 

 wings brown. Male. 



Cinnyris Longuemarei, Lesson, III. de Zool. pi. 23. 



Chin, throat, and breast white ; body yellowish ; upper 

 plumage olive-grey ; tail and upper-covers shining purple 

 Female. 



THE upper plumage of this species offers a very 

 striking contrast to the under, both in the male 

 and the female ; hut the colours of the sexes are so 

 different that we shall describe each separately, fine 

 specimens of both being now before us, sent from 

 the Gambia. We have seen another pair belonging 

 to the Chatham Museum, but the species is by no 

 means common. 



In the male the whole of the upper parts of the 

 head, neck, back, rump, and tail-covers, are of a 

 most rich and brilliant mazarine-blue, highly glossy, 

 but reflecting no other tint than lilac : on the rump 

 is a small spot of blue-green, but this colour is not 



