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GOALPARAH SUN-BIRD. 
Ncctarinia Goalpariensut, Royle. 
PLATE XXVI. 
The bird we have now represented was received 
from Nipaul from Mr. Hodgson, and appears iden- 
tical with the Gonlparah Creeper of Latham and 
the Cbmyris Vigorni of Colonel Sykes, although 
there are slight discrepancies in both these descrip- 
tions ; in the first there is no mention made of the 
pale yellow rump and brilliant tail-covers, both of 
which seem to afford a constant and marked feature 
for the distinction of some species; the yellow on 
the rump may, however, have readily escaped no- 
tice, as from the structure of the plumage on that 
part it may be at times entirely concealed. The 
feathers upon the sides of the lower part of the 
back arc of a loose downy texture, and are so long 
as to be capable of being raised over, and of com- 
pletely covering not only the yellow patch but part 
of the tail-covers, and so completely as to require 
separation before tbe pale colour can bo discovered. 
In Colonel Sykes’ bird we have the maxillary stripe 
and “ macula auriculari, splendenti violaceis the 
latter is awanting in our Nipaul specimen. 
