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c'. Outer aspect of quills and tail 

 bright blue, 

 c^. Larger : with a creamy tinge 



on the undei-jiarts vidali, p. 279. 



d^. Smaller : underparts pure 



white ahyssinicus, p. 280. 



(T. Outer aspect of quills and tail 



greenish blue armstrongi, p. 278. 



M. Upper mantle black. 



e'. With the white occipital patch 



obsolete solomonis, p. 280. 



f^. With the white occipital patch 



very lai-ge surensis, p. 281. 



M*. With a tinge of fawn-colour on the 

 sides of the body ; wings brilliant 

 ultramarine. 

 n'. Centre of breast white. 



1°. Ear-coverts bright blue like the 

 head ; no distinct black nape- 

 collar; sides of body tawny 



buft' kumii, p. 281. 



¥'. Ear-coverts black, scarcely 

 washed with blue, and con- 

 tinued into a distinct black 



collar round the nape meyeri, p. 282. 



o'. Entire breast and abdomen light 



tawny like the flanks , davisoni, p. 282. 



p'. Head black, as also the sides of the face and 

 ear-coverts, which join a very broad black 

 band below the nape ; a white loral spot ; 

 a broad band of white washed with greenish 

 blue from the eye round the nape ; back 

 blackish funebris, p. 28.3. 



d. Bill blackish on upper mandible, orange on 



lower mandible. 

 q'. Lower back green ; tail olive-green ; breast 

 scaly ; mantle mottled with spots of 

 ochre, 

 s". Breast-feathers edged with green. 



s'' . Moustache bright blue like the nape- 

 collar lindsayi S , p. 286. 



t'". Moustache green like the nape-collar.. Imdsayi 5 » P- 286. 



t". Breast-feathers edged with black moseleyi, p. 288. 



r . Lower back bright cobalt ; tail deep blue ; 

 moustache deep blue. 

 u". Back purplish blue like the wings .... concretus c?, p. 285. 

 v". Back green like the wings ; the latter 



spotted with ochre concretus $ , p. 285, 



e. Bill red, with black culmen ; lower back bright 



blue kombroni, p. 284. 



1. Halcyon coromandus. 



Le Martin Pecheur violet des Indes, So7m. Voy. Ind. Orient, ii. p. 212 



(1782). 

 Le Martin Pecheur violet de la cote de Coromandel, Sonn. t. c. pi. 118 



(1782). 



