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PORT NATAL SUN-BIRD. 
waved with violet, from the structure of the feathers 
being the same as those of i\ r . Senegalensis and 
sphndida ; the simple apical tips only being scarlet, 
and producing all the brilliant effect. The remaining 
under parts are very deep blacldsh-brown appear- 
ing in some lights almost black. The feet, legs, 
and bill are black, the former strong. The length 
of the specimen described is within a tenth of being 
six inches. 
