32 NECTARINirO^. 



II. Underparts (abdomen and lower breast) black or very dark sooty 

 brown. Dark birds. Tufts varying. — Ethiopian and Indian. 

 B. Mantle non-metallic. 



in. a. Nares feathered. No tufts.— Malayan. 



b. Nares bare. Tufts often present. 

 IV. Greater part of upper parts olive. Tufts always present. Metallic 

 colom-s, if present, restricted to tbroat or crown. — Ethiopian and 

 Indo-Mala3'an. 

 V. General colour above and below chocolate- or black-brown. 

 Metallic colours on throat, crown, bend of wing-, and upper 

 tail-coverts. Tufts only in C. fuUginosa. — Ethiopian. 



Key to the Species. 

 I. 



a. Lower back and rump rich metallic. 



a'. Chest bright red; breast olive-yellow or ashy 

 grey. 



a". Upper tail-coverts metallic green chlorojiyyia, p. 34. 



( afra, p. 3-j. 



h". Upper tail-coverts blue \ chalyhea,^ p. 37. 



( erikssoni, p. 38. 

 b'. Ceutre of upper breast bright orange-red ; chest 



uniform with throat coquereli, p. 39. 



c'. Chest metallic blue, bordered with sooty fea- 



.,*H?^'®' XI • 1 . m \veniista,^. 39. 



c . Breast bright yellow J ^,^,^ .^^ 'pf 41_ 



d" . Breast and abdomen white. ' , j , , „ ji 



a'". Feathers of chest uniform metallic blue . . \ ,, • t.- 49' 

 b'". Blue feathers of chest tipped with maroon- ' ' ;?• ^• 



red mtstaleti, p. 43. 



b. Lower back and rump non-metallic, olive ; centre 



of upper breast sooty black ; maroon band across 



the chest souimanga, p. 43. 



II. 



a. Mantle and back rich metallic, green. 



a'. Across the chest a narrow maroon coUar. , .^^^^ ■ ^ 



« • ^° t'^ts \bifasciata, p. 47. 



b". Tufts present comorensis, p. 48. 



v. Whole breast red ; crown green. 



c". Tufts joliannm, p. 49. 



d" . No tufts siiperba, p. 48. 



c'. Chest red ; breast black. Tufts. Crown blue. 



e". Throat green habessinica, p. 52. 



/". Throat purple-blue s^jlendida, p. 50. 



d'. Chest blue; no red whatever in plumage. Tufts. , g„ 



Abdomen sooty greyish black \ 7„,. '• .■ ,' ro 



b. No tufts. Whole bird black in position A. ' ' "' '""' 



e' . In position B, green metallic notata, p. 54. 



/'. In position B, coppery red cuprea^ p. 55. 



c. Mantle and back dark blue, metallic. Bright pec- 



toral tufts. , • . ■ cp 



g'. Underparts velvet blue-black. Bill short ] brevirostris b '59 



h'. Underparts (breast and abdomen) ashy brown. ' >V' ' 



Bill very long lotenia, p. 60. 



