LINEATED, OR SENEGAL SUNBIRD. 129 
The third is a most beautifully perfect specimen 
of the adult male in full plumage. The ground co- 
lour of the upper plumage,, which was light brown 
before, is now of a uniformly deep velvet-black ; 
the wings and tail being snuff-coloured, or of a 
cinnamon-brown : the crown is covered by an oval 
patch of shining emerald-green ; and there is a si- 
milar one on the chin and base of the lower mandi- 
ble, which leaves the ears and sides of the head 
black : the fore-neck, down to about the middle of 
the body, is rich scarlet, crossed with lines of steel- 
blue, reflecting purple and violet : these lines are 
more crowded on the throat, and seem gradually to 
become more indistinct where the crimson termi- 
nates : in some lights the throat is so glossed with 
purple, that the crimson is hardly seen : the lower 
part of the body, and the whole of the remaining 
under plumage, is of the same velvetty-black as the 
upper parts : the lesser wing-covers are blackish- 
brown : the tail is even, and the third quill is the 
largest. 
Total length, 5 inches ; bill almost 1 ; wings, 
; tail beyond, ^ ; ditto, from the base, 2; tar- 
sus, j%. 
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