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RED-BREASTED SUNBIRD. 
Cinnyris pulchella, Cu vieu. 
PLATE XIV. 
Golden-green ; breast crimson, margined with yellow ; the 
two middle tail-feathers, in the male, greatly elongated, 
and very narrow. 
Certhia pulchella, Lirmrms. — Cinnyris pulchella, Reg. Ani- 
mal, i. 434 — Soui manga ohangeant a longue queue, PI. 
Enl. 670, i — De petit Soui manga a longue queue, Vieitt. 
Ois. d'Or, pi. 40 — Le Sucrier cossu, Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afrique , 
vi. pi. 293, f. 1. 
This well known and elegant little bird seems to 
be particularly common in Senegal, from whence 
great numbers hare been recently sent to Europe as 
articles of commerce. This unusual importation has 
arisen from the demand for Humming-birds, and 
others of small size and rich plumage, in conse- 
quence of the fashion so prevalent with the fair sex, 
of decorating their hair with these splendid natural 
ornaments. Le Vaillant discovered this species also 
in South Africa, in the Caffire territories. He says 
it is only found in the large forests, where he was 
unable to discover its nest. Like others of its genus, 
the male loses its rich glossy plumes, and the two 
long feathers in its tail, after the breeding season, 
