48. TERPSIPHONE. 345 



b". Smaller; culmen not exceeding 0'6 



inch ; tail about 7 inclies in length mutata S f^^-j P- '^•^'^• 

 b'. Under surface of body slaty grey, metal- 

 lic green on the throat cristata S ad., p. 356. 



b. Tail chestnut like the back. 



c '. Under tail-coverts orange or light rufous- 

 „ buff, 

 c". Abdomen orange, like the breast, 

 c'". Throat orange, like the rest of the 

 under surface. 

 a*. Crown only steel-green, forming 

 a well-defined cap. 



a". Tail 6-7 inches long mutata cJ , p. 352. 



b^. Tail 3-25 inches long mutata J , p. 352. 



b*. Crown and nape steel-green. . . . vidpina, p. 353. 

 d'". Throat glossy black ; rest of under 

 surface orange. 

 c*. Crest elongated and surpassing 



the nape, metallic steel-green . rufiventi'is ad., p. 360. 

 d*. Crest velvety, the feathers not 



elongated, purplish black .... nigriceps ad., p. 359. 

 d". Abdomen buff or butfy white. 



e'". Throat and breast grey, without 

 steely gloss ; head steel-green. 



e*. Tail 8-2 inches long affinis (S inim., p. 349. 



f. Tail 4'15 inches long ajlnis § ad., p. 349. 



f". Throat and breast grey, with steely 



gloss ; head purplish princeps 5 > P- 361. 



e". Abdomen grey, like the breast. 

 ff'". Throat glossed and blacker than 

 the breast. 

 ^. Culmen 0-7 inch lonw; throat and 

 side of face glossy, but not more 



ashy than the crown of head., incii cJ imm., p. 351. 

 A*. Culmen 0"65 inch long ; sides of 

 face and throat equally glossy 



as the crown cristata J imm., p. 355. 



/*'". Throat uniform with breast and 



scarcely any perceptible gloss . . cristata 5 ad., p. 355. 

 d'. Under tail-coverts white. 

 f". Throat glossy, exactly Hke the crown. 

 i'". Primary quills blackish, externally 

 edged with rufous. 

 i'*. Breast and flanks grey ; centre of 

 abdomen whitish, 

 c'. Back and tail maroon ; inner se- 

 condaries with black centres incii cJ ad., p. 350. 

 d'. Back and tail bright chestnut, 

 as also the inner seconda- 

 ries, which have no black 



shafts perspicillata ^ ad., p. 358. 



k*. Under surface from lower throat [p. 362. 



downwards piu-e white corvina $ et c5' juv., 



k"'. Primary-quills chestnut, some- 

 what shaded with brown at tip 

 of inner web. 

 I*. Hind neck glossy steel-green, like 



sides of head and throat .... parodist cJ imm., p. 348. 



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