5. HIEUNDO. 125 



c. Rump rufous. 

 d'. liyad rufous. 

 /". Larger; wing 6-1 inches: under sui'face nar- 

 rowly streaked cucullafa, p. 152. 



(/". Smaller; wing 4-2 inches: under siu-f ace broadly 



streaked pucUa, p. 1.54. 



e'. Head blue like the back. 



k". With black shaft-streaks to the feathers of 

 the under surface ; these streaks sometimes 

 nearly obsolete and hair-like, at other times 

 coarse stripes. 

 '". Ground-colour of under surface fulvescent 

 or whitish. 

 C. Eump cinnamon-rufous, fading off into 

 creamy-buff colour, which forms a con- 

 trasting cross band. 



a. Larger ; wing 4-7-5 inches rufula, p. 156. 



0. Smaller ; wing 4-5 inches scullii, p. 158. 



d\ Rump uniform rufous, not shading off into 



paler creamy buff dauHca and allies, 



a. tetriations on miderparts emphasized [pp. 158, 159. 

 and always distinguishable on breast 

 as well as throat. 

 a'. Striations on underparts very distinct 

 and often coarse, extending over the 

 whole of the lower parts. 

 a". Stripes on rump nearly obsolete . . \ '^^^rtca,j^. 159. 



I nipalensis, p. 160. 



/3". Stripes on rump very distinct \japonica, p. 162. 



/3'. Striations on underparts very fine and \^tnolata,^. 161. 

 scarcely distinguishable below the 



breast erythroprjgia, 



p. btnations on underparts scarcely per- fp. 164 



ceptible and only seen on the throat and 



chest. 



y'. Larger; wing 4-7 inches : below ful- 

 vescent or pale rufous-buff; under 



wing-coverts the same melanoerissa, 



b . bmaUer ; wmg 4-4 inches : below silky fp 165 



7 m o ^^^\*® ' '^^^^' ^ng-coverts the same domicella, p. 165. ' 

 k . Crround-colour of under sm-face of body 

 deep chestnut. 

 a. Larger ; wing 4-95 inches : deep chestnut 



underneath, black shaft-streaks obsolete . badia p 166 

 li. Smaller ; wing 4-55 inches : black shaft- 



^^ streaks on under surface distinct hyperythra,-o. 167. 



I . Under surface of body plam, without any shaft- 

 streaks. 



r. Smaller; wing less than 5-25 inches : throat 

 rufous. 

 a. Larger: darker rufous below, the under 



tail-coverts paler rufous or buff semirufa, p. 167 



li. Smaller : lighter rufous below ; under tail- 



coverts like abdomen gordoni, p. 168 



m Larger; wmg 5-7 inches : throat whitish. fp 168 



e. ^o white spots on the tail-feathers seneyalemis 



/. Distinct white spots on the tail-feathers. . montelri p'l69 

 </. Ivump metallic green like the rest of the upper , ' ^- ■ 



sui-tace ; below white \ \ f^'C'irysea ,t^. 170. 



I sclateri, p. 171. 



