180 LITTLE BLUE-BANDED SUN-BIRD. 
with blue, the feathers edged with rich shining 
green. 
In the female above alluded to, the upper parts 
are nearly similar, but having a greater mixture of 
yellow ; this extends slightly over the cheeks and 
sides of the neck, but the chin and throat are 
yellowish white, shading into dull gamboge-yellow, 
which occupies the remaining under parts, becoming 
bright in the centre of the belly and vent, and 
there is no trace of the brilliant gular and pectoral 
patch and band which characterises the male. — 
Le Vaillant remarks that the young, whether males 
or females, had the plumage of the adult female, 
above being a little less brilliant, while underneath 
the tint of the yellow was not so deep. 
