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and tail-covers, yellow ; a patch of lurid metallic purple edged at 
the lower part with hrilliant violet extends from the beak passing 
below the eyes and over the ears. 
Wings ; quills, dusky black, some of the inner ones edged with 
steel-blue ; covers, metallic green. 
Tail ; black, the feathers edged wdth green. 
Female — above, dull green. 
Below; chin, throat, and upper breast burnt sienna colour, but 
paler than in the male ; from breast to tail yellow. 
Wings; covers dull green, quills dusky black, edged with yellowish 
oil-green. 
Tail ; dusky black, edged with yellowish oil-green. 
Length, 4 inches 1 line. 
„ of bill, from gape, 6^ lines. 
„ of bill, from front, 6 lines. 
„ of wings, 2 inches. 
„ of tail, 1 inch 7 lines. 
„ of tarsus, 7 lines. 
„ of middle toe, 5 lines. 
„ of hallux, 5 lines. 
These birds are usually seen in small flocks, and frequent 
tall Oasuarinas, among which they busy themselves running 
about, up and down the branches, like Tits ; their note is a 
shrill chirp ; the stomachs of the specimens we have obtained 
were completely crammed with the pollen of the Casnarina. 
Gen. Dicaeum. 
Dicaeum croceoventer (Vigors). 
„ cantillans (Temm.). 
„ trigonostignaa (Gray). 
Burong bunga api (Malay name). 
Male — above ; head, nape, and upper back dark grayish blue ; 
lower back, deep saffron-yellow, mixed with gray, passing into a 
lighter shade at the tail-covers. 
Below ; chin and throat light gray, body and tail-covers saffron- 
yellow. "" 
Wings ; covers, dark grayish blue, quills black, edged with grayish 
blue. 
Tail ; black, edged with gray. 
Female — above ; dull olive-green, excepting the tail-covers, which 
are dull saffron-yellow. 
Wings ; covers, <fec., as the back-quills, black, edged with yellowish 
green. 
Tail ; brownish black. 
Length, 3^ inches. 
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