RED-TAILED SUN-BIRD. 
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ceeding it the upper covers and tail are of the same 
scarlet or wax-red with the male, the long feathers 
having a black shaft and disunited webs. The 
chin, fore part of the neck, and breast, are pale oil- 
green, of a greyish tint, and the remaining under 
parts are dull gamboge-yellow, darkest and clearest 
in the centre of the breast and belly. 
The above described specimens are from Silhet, 
and were presented by Sir Philip Egerton, Bart, 
to the Society. 
