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Key to the Species. 



a. Riuup uniform with the lower back, not white 

 or vellow, in strong contrast with the latter. 

 «'. Throat yellow, like the rest of the under 

 surface. 

 a". Head with a double band of black along 

 each side of the crowu. 

 rt'". Head yellowish or green in the centre 

 of the crown, with a broad lateral 

 stripe on each side extending to the 

 nape. 

 u*. Belly bright yellow. 



It'". Two outer" tail-feathers white for 

 the gTeater part of the inner web ; 

 greater wing-coverts tipped with 

 yellow, forming a bar across the 

 wing ; flanks yellow, like the 



breast biirkii, p. 095. 



h°. Tail uniform, or with no more than 

 a tiny white spot at the tip of the 

 inner web of the penultimate 

 feather; no yellow wing-bar; 

 flanks greener than the yellow 



breast .' trivirgata, p. 39G. 



h*. Belly greyish white cantatrix, p. 307. 



h'". Head' grey in the centre of the crown, 

 with a broad black band along each 

 side of the latter, extending to the 



sides of the nape affinis, p. 398. 



b". Head imiform, with no pronounced dark 

 lateral bars on the crown ; outer tail- 

 feathers white on inner web ; under 

 surface entirely yellow ; a broad white 



eyebrow xanthoschista, p. 398. 



h'. Throat yellow, contrasting with the breast 

 and abdomen, which are white ; a bright 

 yellow eyebrow, 

 c"." Head grev ; ear-coverts grey ; inner web 



of outer tail-feathers white schisticeps, p. 400. 



d". Head rufous-brown ; ear-coverts yellow ; 

 outer tail-feathers uniform, not white on 



the inner web riificapilJa, p. 400. 



c'. Throat rufous-brown, like the rest of the 

 under surface ; upper surface a little duller 



brown umhrivirens, p. 401 . 



iT. Throat white or greyish white, contrasting 

 with the breast, which is bright yellow, 

 e". No white on the inner web of the tail- 

 feathers ; no yellow bar across the wing, 

 c'". Head and ear-coverts light brown, 

 shading off gradually into the olive- 

 brown of the back ; back dull olive- 

 brown svperciliaris, p. 402, 



(/'". Head and ear-coverts darker ash- 

 colour, contrasting with the back, 

 which is vellowish olive schwaneri, p. 403. 



