108 alcedtn:p.i3. 



a" . ^Vllite base of tail with Uack spots ; 

 no black spots on throat; flanks 



streaked with black rudis S, P- 109- 



b'". No black spots on white base of tail; 

 throat spotted with black; flanks 



with round spots of black varia d, P- 112. 



b". With no second pectoral band of 



black; sides of upper breast with a 



black patch not forming a pectoral 



band. 



c'". Base of tail white, with black spots. . rudis $ , p. 109. 



d'". Base of tail white, without black 



spots 'varia 5 , p. 112. 



b'. Size larger ; tail black, barred with white, 

 but not having a white base. 

 c". Under wing-coverts and axillaries white, 



with a few spots of blackish. . . ._ liujuhris 6 , p. 115. 



d". Under wing-coverts and axillaries pale 



rufous hujubris $ , p. 115. 



b. Upper surface light or dark slaty grey or slaty 



blue. 



c. With a pectoral band of nifous ; abdomen 



and under tail-coverts white, spotted with 



black. 



e". Back dark slaty grey, plentifully spotted 



with white maxima 6 , P- 118. 



/". Back dark slaty grey, almost uniform, 



not spotted with white sharpii S , p. 120. 



d'. Breast and abdomen chestnut. 

 g". Fore neck spotted with black, forming 

 a band, which is separated from the 

 chestnut abdomen by a band of white ; . „,„,./^f, j ^ p_ yIq^ 



under tail-coverts chestnut ] sharpii 2 , P. 120. ' 



h". No black on fore neck. ' 



e'". A broad band of slaty blue across the 



fore neck, succeeded by a white band; Uorquata $,p.l21. 

 under tail-coverts chestnut .... . . . . ^^^^^^^^ p p. i:;3. 



/'". No gry band on fore neck, which is ' 

 chestnut like the rest of the under- 

 parts. 

 a''. Under tail-coverts almost entirely 

 white, with sometimes a few grey 



spots torquata S , P- 121. 



b\ Under tail-coverts thickly barred 

 with grey, hke the vent and abdo- 

 men stellata cJ , p. 123. 



e. Breast and abdomen as well as the under 

 tail-coverts white; abroad pectoral band 

 of grey ( d ), with a second band of rufous 

 across lower breast, and flanks also rufous 

 in\ alcyon, p. 124. 



B. Upper surface green. 



c. Throat white like the abdomen. 

 /'. Larger; tail without white at the base, 

 the outer tail-feather barred with white 

 to the base mnazonaS ? , p.l29. 



