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THE GREATER DOUBLE-COLLARED SUN-BIRD. 
Nedarinia Afra , Linnaus 
PLATE II. 
This really splendid species lias nearly the same 
distribution and colour of the markings with the 
last, but is at once known by its much larger size, 
the extreme length of the males being rather more 
than five inches and a half. The distribution of the 
golden green on the head, neck, and upper parts is 
nearly similar, but it is of a more bronzed lustre, 
and on the throat the feathers are more compact 
and scutellated. The steel-blue band immediately 
succeeding the green is darker and more violet- 
coloured, and the tips of the crescent do not extend 
so far upon the sides of the breast : the crimson 
band is seven-eighths or nearly an inch in breadth, 
and the remaining under parts a,re yellowish wood- 
brown and nearly uniform in tint ; the upper tail- 
coverts are violet-purple, and the wings and tail are 
dark blackish brown glossed with green. The yel- 
low axillary tufts are also present. This state of 
plumage is what Le Vaillant considers to be that 
of the male in his highest breeding state. A female 
is only five inches and one-eighth in length, and 
