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WHITE-BODIED SUNBIRD. 
Anthrcptes leucosoma, Swains. 
PLATE XVII. 
Throat and body beneath pure white ; chin and upper plu- 
mage glossy violet-purple ; rump with an emerald-green spot; 
wings brown. — Male. 
Cinnyris Longuemarei, Lesson , III. dc Zool. pi. 23. 
Chin, throat, and breast white ; body yellowish ; upper 
plumage olive-grey; tail and upper-covers shining purple. — 
Female. 
The upper plumage of this species offers a very 
striking contrast to the under, both in the male 
and the female ; but the colours of the sexes axe so 
different that we shall describe each separately, fine 
specimens of both being now before us, sent from 
the Gambia. We have seen another pair belonging 
to the Chatham Museum, hut the species is by no 
means common. 
In the male the xvbole of the upper parts of the 
head, neck, back, rump, and tail-covers, are of a 
most rich and brilliant mazarine-blue, highly glossy, 
hut reflecting no other tint than lilac : on the rump 
is a small spot of blue-green, but this colour is not 
