MAES SUN-AXGEL. 



genus, similarly coloured, having 

 '"^ been discovered up to the present 

 time. The throat vies with the 

 radiant topaz, while the band on the 

 forehead rivals in brilliancy the 

 frontlet of every other species. The 

 male bird has a fiery red mark on 

 its forehead, and the crown of the 

 head and upper surface of the body are 

 bronzed gTeen. The throat is ornamented 

 with a gorget of deep fiery red, and below 

 it is a crescent-shaped band of light buff, 

 while the under part is of a deeper buff, 

 changing to gTeen at the sides. The tail 

 is of a bronzed brown, with the two centre 

 feathers of bronzed gi-een. The female is 

 destitute of the red mark on the throat and 

 forehead." 



