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EBOE SUN-BIRD. 
N'ectarinia Elioensis, Thompson. 
PLATE XXX. 
We ha ye received, by the attention of Mr. Thomp- 
son, one of the surgeons to the Niger expedition, 
but too late for bringing into its proper place, both 
sexes of a very remarkable Sun-bird, procured in 
the vicinity of Eboe ; it will range with those having 
the colouring and markings of A T . ftdginosa , Stan- 
gerii, & c. but varies from them, as well as from 
other species, by the throat and breast, or the parts 
occupied generally by the coloured gular or pec- 
toral patch, being of a dull straw-yellow, forming 
a very decided contrast with the otherwise dark 
plumage. In size the male is slightly less than A r . 
Stangerii, being in length about four inches and eight- 
tenths. Above, the plumage is of a uniform yel- 
lowish umber-brown, slightly darker on the wings 
and tail ; the coronal patch passes the line of the 
eyes, and is of a deep green. Underneath the chin 
is velvet black, bordered by a maxillary stripe of 
deep green, the fore parts of the neck and upper 
breast straw-yellow T bordered on the lower edge by 
dark umber-brown ; the lower breast, belly and 
sides, arc pale chestnut-brown ; under tail-covers 
