1-1. SERICOKNXS. QQj 



Key to the Species. 

 "' '^baml'''*^'"'' ""''*'' "° '^''*'"''* subterminal dark 

 «'. Tail-featliers broadly tipped witli white; 

 throat bno-ht rufous ' ; 



6'. No white tfp.^ to tan-feathe-rs; ^'■"""^"' P" S^^- 



a . Throat bright yellow ; lores and ear-co- 

 verts black; no white tips to bastard- 

 ■wmg- leathers or wiuo--po\pvtvi v i ■ 



h". Throat white, with ^black^ ^ ts ' ;; "^'-^"'--' P- 302. 

 edgmg-sto the feathers; wing-coverts 

 black tipped with white; a white spot 

 over the lores. ^ 



a'". Under tail-coverts pale yellowish ; ear- 

 coverts light rufous (juv.) or blackish 

 (ad.) ... ^ , ,. 



h'". Under taU-coVerte dusky wiih 'fulvous ^ '''' ^^ '^'• 

 tips or light fulvous; ear-coverts 

 dusky brown .... i ■■ „r^~ 



o". Throat, lorcs^ and base of "forehead- Very ""'""' ^^ ''" 

 pale tawny fulvous. ^ 



C". Ear-coverts very pale ashv rufous; 

 general colour above pale olivaceous; 

 underneath pale ashy with an olive 

 tinge ; legs pale • , . 



d'". Very mucS dL-ker ihan-t-he p-i;c;dino: '"''^""-^'-' P- 305. 

 bird; dark olive-brown above; undei- 



' feathers'^ ^^^ ^''°'''° *° ''^ ''^ '^"^'^ *'''^" 



e'". Liner secondaries not edged with white. 



^ase of forehead black; ear-coverts 



blackish; throat white, and fore 



neck yellow, with scarcel van v spots- 



M ,"'"^">''i^-c"^'"-tsuuifornivellowish. l<Bv!nastra n S07 

 K Ease of forehead brown like head- '^''^"*^"'' P- '^O/. 

 throat and chest very thickly spot- 

 ted with blackish; under tail- 

 coverts yellowish, with concealed 

 darker centres .... ,.,^ ; . „^„ 



/". Inner secondaries narrowlV ed;;d"and "'""'^'''^'' P" ^O'- 

 tipped with white ; a white edcnuo- to 

 the outer tail-feathers near the'' tip of 

 outer web ; under tail-coverts brown, 

 edged with vellowish 

 .". With no white Jdgiug':i tip' to' ih^ tail! '''"'""' '^ '''■ 

 leathers. 

 ff'". Breast uniform ; throat streaked with 

 black ; outer under tail-coverts vel- 

 ,.,. ^^Ji ^^'liite, with brown centres . . osculant n 300 

 /* . Breast streaked mth duskv throat ''' P' "^"•^• 



with blackish; under tail-coverts 

 uniform dark olive-brown like the 



flanks 7 ;■ „,« 



finiinhs, p. 310. 



