XXX TAILS AND WINGS AS NUPTIAL LIVERY 375 



Ethiopian Region ; tlieir gorgeous metallic colours — 

 crimson, purple, yellow, blues and green — of tlieir 



Tccuvia slanx : a favourite llower of suubirJs. 

 A. Perianth in section. 



plumage are only excelled by the humming birds ot 

 the tropical portions of America. 



