224 MELIPHAGID,E. 



f . Feathers on upper and hinder margin of ear 

 golden yellow ; ears bare, with a short 

 wattle ; "mantle spotted ; breast striated . . Jlavistrinfa, p. 232. 

 t. Yellow colour conlined to postauricular feathers ; 

 ocular and auricular region not bare. 



g'. Underparts striated reticidnfn, p. 233. 



h'. Underparts not striated; with a postauricular 

 yellow patch. 

 a". Cheeks with bare, short wattles ; ear- 

 coverts dull olive canmcidnta, p. 225, 



b". Cheeks without wattles, not bare. 



«"' Upper parts olive («««%«, p. 227. 



a\ Lar-coverts dusky dive-grey ; under- L^j^v^otete, p. 229. 



parts dull yellowish grey Uavirictus, p. 228. 



a^. Ear-coverts silky leaden grey ; under- [fusca, p. 229, 



parts ashv olive kwini, p. 229. 



h"\ Upper parts brown; ear-coverts brown- ,^ii 237. 



ish; a golden-yellow postauricular K^^^-'i^ 239 

 stripe ; underparts fulvous brown . . -l^jJ^Ji^^ p. 238. 



k. Yellow colour confined to a few small feathers [fusciventris, p. 239. 

 just behind the eye ; ear-coverts grey or 

 brownish. Upper parts dull olive-brown . . limhata, p. 236. 

 I. Postauricular feathers forming decidedly elon- 

 gated tufts. 

 i'. Tufts pure white ; ear-coverts dull yellow ; 



upper parts dull earthy brown penicillata, p. 244. 



k'. Tut'ts yellow. 



c". Featliers of fore neck hairy or lanceolate, 

 white; underparts dull white; crown 

 dark brown ; median wing-coverts tipped 



with white cockerelli, p. 241. 



d" . Feathers of throat not lanceolate. 



c'". Ear-coverts and ocular region black ; 

 crown and underparts yellow. 



c*. Mantle olive-grey auricomis, p. 242. 



d^. Mantle blackish brown cassidix, p. 243, 



d'". Ear-coverts not black; crown not 

 yellow. 

 e*. "Underparts dull whitish, with broad 

 brownish shaft-streaks ; mantle pale 

 brownish grey; ear-coverts brownish or7iata, p. 244. 

 /*. Underparts without shaft-streaks. 

 a\ Ear-coverts yellowish brown, with 

 a narrow, black, transverse stripe 

 bordering the yellow; mantle pale 

 olive-grey. 

 a^. Underparts dingy yellowish white plmmda,^. 245. 



b\ Underparts yellow (/lave^eem, p. 246. 



t^ ■^ ( (jermana, p. 246. 



6\ No black stripe bordering the ear- 

 coverts, 

 f". Crown grey ; underparts dull 



yellowish white cratitia, p. 243. 



rf". Crown, upper and under parts 



dull olive ; ear-co^ erts dull olive aia\'culata, p. 228. 



