5. DICTUM. 11 



Key to the Sjpecies. 



I. Bill black, or with pale base to the lower 

 mandible. 

 A. Plumage more or less particoloured; ge- 

 nerally with some scarlet on tlie throat 

 or upper surface, 

 rt- Uuder surface not striped ; sometimes a 

 broad mesial longitudinal band down 

 the breast. 

 a'. Back scarlet like the head. 



a". Ear-coverts scarlet like the throat ; 



breast ashy grey Jiarnmeiim, p. 14. 



h". Ear-coverts blackish or slaty grey. 

 «'". No scarlet on throat ; no black 

 pectoral baud. 



rt*. No black on chin cruentatum, p. 1.5. 



6', Chin or upper throat black . . ni(/rhnentu»i, p. 17. 

 c*. Entire throat black, extending 



on to the fore neck pryeri, p. 18. 



d^. Entire throat ashy gi-ey or dark 



slate-coloiu- sumatramim, p. 18. 



b'". Throat scarlet, separated from 

 the breast by a broad pectoral 

 band of black, extending down 

 the centre of the abdomen . . igniferum, p. 18. 

 b'. Back glossy purplish blue. 

 c" . No red on upper tail-coverts. 

 c'". Under tail-coverts scarlet. 



«*. Flanks ashy grey hirundinacemn, p. 19. 



/*. Flanks olive igniculle, p. 21. 



g*. Flanks rosy like the breast. 



a'. Flanks dark olive keiense, p. 22. 



¥. Flanks ochreous fulyidum, p. 22. 



d"'. Under tail-coverts yellowish 

 white. 

 h*. Chin white. 



c'. Sides of breast blackish or 

 dark slaty gi-ey ; lower 



flanks ashy olive celehieiim, p. 2.3. 



d^. No ohve on sides of body, 

 which are entirely ashy ; 

 upper surface glossy indigo- 

 blue, not purplish as in 



preceding species sanghirense, p. 24, 



e'. Sides of body entirely olive sidaense, p. 24. 

 i^. Chin and upper throat fulvous 



or tawny buff sanguinoleyitum, p. 25. 



d" . Upper tail-coverts scarlet. 



e'". No red on the head, which is 

 like the back. 

 k^. Underparts creamy white, with 



a black line down the beUy . macMnti, p. 25. 

 /*. Underparts yellowish, with a 



black line down the belly . . salvadorii, p. 26. 



