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remigibus saturate brunneis : rectricibus nigris, metallice viridi marginatis : macula anteoculari triquetra 

 nigra, : facie laterali et corpore subtiis metallice viridibus : plaga prsepectorali conspicua, scarlatina, 

 utrinque flava : plumis prsepeetoris lateralibus flavo terminatis et subterminaliter metallice viridi 

 fasciatis : subalaribus et remigibus infra nigricantibus, margine alari metallice viridi : rostro et pedibus 

 nigris : iride saturate brunnea. 



2 ad. mari dissimilis : supra cinerascenti-brunnea, vix olivaceo tincta : supercilio lato parum conspicuo, 

 fulvescente : tectricibus alarum minimis et medianis dorso concoloribus : majoribus remigibusque 

 saturate brunneis, pallide brunneo limbatis : rectricibus nigris, viridi adumbratis, albo terminatis, 

 lateralibus latius apicatis et extus albidis : subtus pallide fulvescens, pectore sulfureo lavato : sub- 

 alaribus albis : remigibus infra saturate brunneis, intiis albidis : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride saturate 

 brunnea. 



Hab. in Africa occidentali et in parte septentrionali Africa? orientalis. 



Adult Male. General plumage rich metallic green ; tbe quills and greater wing-coverts dark brown ; tail 

 black, tbe feathers partially edged with metallic green ; a triangular patch of black feathers in front of the 

 eye ; on the front of the chest a large patch of bright scarlet, with some pale yellow on each side, owing 

 to the ends of the feathers being of that colour, with subterminal narrow metallic green bars ; bill and 

 legs black ; irides dark brown. Total length 6 - 5 inches, culmen OG, wing 2"2, tail 4, tarsus 0"55. 



Adult Female. Upper parts ashy brown, very slightly tinted with olive ; a broad, but rather indistinct, 

 buff eyebrow; wings dark brown, with pale brown edges to the feathers; upper tail-coverts dark 

 brown, with broad ashy brown edges ; tail-feathers black with a greenish gloss, and with white ends, 

 increasing in breadth towards the outer ones, which are also margined on their outer webs with white ; 

 under surface of the body buff, shaded with sulphur-yellow on the breast ; under surface of the wings 

 dark brown, with the inner margins of the quills and the coverts white ; bill and legs black ; irides 

 dark brown. Total length 4 inches, culmen OG, wing 21, tail 1"8, tarsus - 6. 



Young Male. Similar to the adult female, excepting that the chin and centre of the throat are dusky black. 



Male in moult. Similar in plumage to the adult female, excepting that some of the feathers on the sides 

 and back of the head, scapulars, and upper tail-coverts are tipped with metallic green ; the least and 

 median series of wing-coverts are entirely metallic green ; the two centre tail-feathers as in the adult 

 male, the other tail-feathers with pale ends, narrower than in the female ; down the centre of the throat 

 a broad metallic green band ; entire under surface of the wings dark brown. 



Hab. North-east Africa and West Africa from Senegal to the Gold Coast. 



These brilliant little Sun-birds are characterized by the adult males in full plumage having two 

 long centre tail-feathers, as well as the entire body metallic green, with a scarlet patch on the 

 chest flanked on the sides with pale yellow. 



They inhabit both North-eastern and Western Africa, from 16° N. lat. to probably about 

 4° north of the equator ; but their southern limits are far from being satisfactorily defined. 



With regard to their eastern range Von Heuglin, in his large work upon the Ornithology 

 of North-eastern Africa, observes that they occur but rarely in Nubia. He found them not 

 uncommon in Bogos Land, the lowlands of Abyssinia, in Taka, Sennaar, Kordofan, and parts of 

 the White-Nile district, where they remain in pairs throughout the year, and frequent the 



