16 TIMELHD^. 



Mange. Indian peninsula and Ceylon, throughout the whole of the 

 Burmese countries, into Cochin China and the Chinese island of 

 Hainan, southwards through the Malayan peninsula and the islands 

 of Sumatra, Java, and Borneo to the Philippines. 



Kei/ to the Species. 

 Males. 



a. Belly orange like the treast. 



a'. Golden green on the head and neck, this 

 colour extending over the back ; shoidder- 

 spot silvery cobalt Jtardicickti, p. 18. 



b'. Head dull bluish green, contrasting with the 



neck ; shoulder-spot deep cobalt lazidma, p. 19. 



b. Belly green. 



c'. Forehead bright orange-red. 



a". A ring of orange across the fore neck ; 



throat deep blue ata-ifrons, p. 20. 



b". No orange on fore neck, which is green 



like breast ; throat black malabarica, p. 22. 



d'. Forehead yellow, green, or purplish blue. 

 c". Throat entirely black. 

 a'", A conspicuous shoulder-patch of bright 

 blue or green, formed by lesser coverts. 

 a*. Quills externally green, the primaries 

 edged with green or yellow, but not 

 with blue ; tail green, not bluish 

 green. 

 «\ No yeUow on forehead or sides of 

 neck, these parts being only a 

 little clearer green than the back. 

 <fi. Shoulder-spot turquoise-blue . . viridis, p. 23. 

 b''. Should er-spot malachite-green. . sosferops, p. 24, 

 i'. Forehead yellow, as also eyebrow, 

 and a collar running fi'om below 

 the eye down the neck to the prse- 

 pectoral coUar, also yellow, 

 c^. Forehead dull yellow, extending 

 down the sides of the head onto 

 the sides of the lower neck, 

 as to skirt the black throat ; so 

 on small wing-coverts a patch 

 of greenish blue ; black on throat 

 narrow, and not extending onto 



the sides of the neck jerdoni, p. 25. 



t?*. Forehead bright yellow, forming 

 a cap ; shoulder-patch on lesser 

 wing-coverts cobalt-blue ; black 

 on throat very broad and widen- 

 ing onto the sides of the neck . media, p. 27. 

 h*. Quills externally blue ; tail bluish ; 

 primaries externally blue, 

 c'. Forehead gi-een, only shghtly yel- 

 low at the base and over the eye. 

 c°. Head green, ■«"ithout any golden 

 shade ; sides of neck also green ; 

 shoulder-spot turquoise-blue . . m'l/ficolliSf p. 27. 



