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6'. With no eyebrow ; the sides of 



the crown like the head .... poUocephala, p. 257. 

 d". Crown of head of the same colour as 

 the back, the forehead sometimes a 

 little lighter. 

 e'" . Lores rufous like base of forehead 



and ear-coverts eryth ops, p. 250. 



/"'". Lores fulvous or whitish ; fore- 

 head like the head. 

 g^. Tips of tail-feathers ashy rufous 

 or light brown. 

 c'. Larger : wing 2"8 inches ; sides 



of body ashy grey lateralis, p. 251. 



d^. Smaller: wing 1'65 inches; 

 sides of body fulvous. 

 rt". Back dark brown, head uni- 

 form with back I'^ufa, p. 252. 



b'^. Back rufesceut; head more 



diugy; a distinct e3'ebrow. . beavani]\.iY., p. 255, 

 c". Back light chestnut; head of 

 the same colour as the 



back ferruginea, p. 257. 



h*. Tips of tail-feathers white. 

 e^. Breast crossed with an ashy 



grey band gracilis ad., p. 253. 



f^. Breast pale fulvous, with no 



cross band gracilis juv., p. 254. 



b. Back streaked, 

 c'. Head streaked. 



e". Breast spotted with dusky. 

 g'". No streaks on flanks; tail-feathers 



ashy rufous at tip subrtificapilla juv., p. 285. 



h'". Flanks streaked like the breast; tips 



of tail-feathers white textri.v ad., p. 206. 



f". Breast not spotted. 



i". Flanks streaked with blackish .... tinniens hiem., p. 273. 

 k'" . Flanks not streaked. 



i*. No subtermiual bar on the tail- 

 feathers as seen from above ; 

 tail-feathers black for entire 

 length, tipped with white .... terrestris, p. 266. 

 k^. A distinct subtermiual bar on tail- 

 feathers when seen from above. 

 g^. Upper tail-coverts perfectly imi- 



lorm rtifa hiem., p. 252. 



h\ Upper tail-coverts centred with 

 black. 

 <r^. No nuchal rufous collai-, the 

 nape like the back or head. 

 a'. Head coloured like the 

 back, 

 a*. Lower back and rump 

 ashy. 

 a^. Bill slender; back 

 ashy, with broad 

 black centres to the 

 feathers lugiibris jnv., p. 280. 



