BIFASCIATED SUN-BIRD. 1 75 
bronzed green of the head and back, but having 
a greater tinge of golden yellow, — this again is 
shaded into a narrow band of steel-blue, succeeded 
by another of a dull red, in some lights appearing 
almost brown, in others dull vermillion-red, and 
having the tips of the feathers narrowly banded 
with steel-blue; the remaining under parts are 
dull black, glossed with blue on the lower tail- 
coverts, and immediately succeeding the red band. 
The entire length of the specimen is five inches 
and three-tenths, the proportions not showing any 
important variation. The first quill is unusually 
short, compared with species of similar size. There 
are no axillary tufts. 
