216 MUSCICAPID^. 



Key to the Species. 



a. With the throat pale, white, grey, or yellow, 

 as tlie case may be, but not blackish or dark 

 brown. 

 a'. Witli a subterraiual bar of black on the tail- 

 feathers, the outermost of which have a 

 more or less distinct pale spot near the tip 

 of the inner web. 

 a". Spot at the tip of the inner web white, 

 more or less conspicuoxis. 

 a'". Ear-coverts and throat of the sam'3 

 colour, 

 a*. Tail not white at base. 



a^. Throat and ear-coverts greA-ish. 



ft". No white eye-ring iynfa, p. 218. 



& '. A white eye-ring modesta, p. 219. 



h"". Throat and ear-coverts pale rufous, 



the breast and abdomen white . . nificollis, p. 220. 



6'. Tail white at base culiciconi, p. 220. 



b'". Ear-coverts differently coloured from 

 the throat. 



c^. Upper surtace ashy grey cinerea, p. 220. 



d^. Upper surface brown of some shade 



or other. 



c^. Size smaller ; wing I'O to 2-2o 



inches : upper tail-coverts and 



outer base of tail-feathers brown. 



c^. No light eyebrow ; bill entirely 



black; at base of forehead a 



narrow loral line of white ; 



round the eye a ring of white 



feathers. 



«'. Ear-coverts reddish brown ; 



breast and sides of body 



reddish brown hruiineipectiis, p. 221. 



i'. Ear-coverts light brown like 

 the head ; breast washed 

 with pale ochre-brown, as 

 also the tianks, both with a 



yellowish tinge con^picilhita, p. 221. 



d^. No light eyebrow or white ring 

 round the eye ; bill black, but 

 pearly white at the base of the 

 lower mandible ; no white line 



along base of the lores miif/niroMrls, p. 222. 



e". A light eyebrow, white or grey, 



continued from the lores over 



the fore part of the eye. 



c". P^lanks briglit sulphur-yellow ; 



back olive-brown, contrasting 



with the ashy head and 



neck Jlfuihiti-ralis, p. 222. 



d'. Flanks whitish or fawn-co- 

 loured ; head and back of the 

 same colour. 



