210 PURPLE-RE MPED SUN-BIRD. 
tions ; the remaining under parts, saffron-yellow ; 
the wings are brownish black ; the tail black ; the 
centre long feathers glossed with steel-blue, and 
somewhat spatulate at the tips. The female is de- 
scribed by Le Vaillant as above of a reddish grey 
tinted with olive, and as wanting the long feathers ; 
the belly and under parts, however, continuing yel- 
low. 
We also have specimens of a Sun-bird from the 
vicinity of Sierra Leone, possesing a similar dis- 
tribution of markings and of the same size, but the 
tints are somewhat different. The whole upper 
parts, together with the throat and breast, are of a 
rich bronzed purple, showing very little indication 
of green in any light, and having the violet of the 
rump scarcely distinguishable from the other plu- 
mage ; the yellow under parts are of a decidedly 
deeper tint, approaching almost to gallstone-yellow ; 
the true tail is perfectly square, whereas, in the first 
described, we have thought it slightly graduated. 
These, however, we consider here as merely local 
variations. Another closely allied bird is the 
