SPLENDID SUN-BIRD. 
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neath. On the sides of this beautiful bird spring two 
axillary tufts of pale lemon-yellow. The breast, 
belly, and flanks, wings and tail, are deep black, 
— the latter edged with golden green. In this spe- 
cies also the tail-coverts are of an unusual form, 
very nearly as long as the feathers of the tail, the 
webs very ample, loose, and unconnected. The legs, 
feet, and bill are black. The female, according to 
Le Yaillant, is entirely of an “ earthy brown,” paler 
beneath, tinted with olive on the wings and tail, 
the last having the lateral feathers bordered exte- 
riorly with dirty white ; the bill and feet blackish 
brown. The young resemble the female. 
