Original plate from "A Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters and Sugarbirds of the World" by Cheke, Mann and Allen. Watercolour on tinted paper, 22 x 35 cm, £350.

Plate 24: Purple-rumped, Crimson-backed, Purple-throated Sunbirds.

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