380 PLOCEID^. 



38. ERYTHRUEA. ^^^^ 



Erythrurn, Sjvains. Classif. H. ii. p. 280 (18.'37) E. prasina. 



Geospiza (??ec Gould), Feale, U.S. Expl. U-vped., Zool. 

 p. 117 (1848). 



Aiublynui-a, Reichenb. Siiif/r. p. 32 (1850) E. pealii. 



Acalanthe, Reichenb. t. c. p. 32 (1861) E. psittacea. 



Lobiospiza, TIartl. ^- Flnsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 817. . . . E. cjanovirens. 



Eanqe. Southern Tenasserim, through the Malayan Peninsula to 

 Java, Sumatra, and Eornco, Tcrnate, ISfew Guinea, Pclew and Caro- 

 line Islands, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Fiji 

 Islands, Samoa Islands. 



Kei/ to the Species. 



a. lied, yellow, or ashy brown on the breast 



and abdomen ; tail longer. 



a. Breast rod or yellow ; throat blue ; fore- 

 head blue . . .' praslna S , p. 381. 



b'. Breast and throat ashy brown ; forehead 



green like the head praslna $ , p. 381. 



b. Breast and abdomen blue or green. 

 c'. Forehead crimson. 



a". Forehead only crimson; remainder of 

 head green like the back. 

 a". Throat crimson, like the sides of the 



face psittacea cJ , p. 382. 



b'". Throat blue, contrasting with the 



crimson sides of the face pealii <S , p. 383. 



b". Entire head crimson, followed by blue 



on the nape or hind ueck ; throat blue. 



c'". Sides of ueck gi-een, as also the fore 



neck and chest ; throat only blue . . cyanovirens (S > P- 384. 

 d'" . Sides of neck blue like the throat 

 and chest ; nape crimson like the 

 head, 

 rt*. A blue collar round the hind neck ; 



back and abdomen green serena S j P- 385. 



6^. Back blue ; entire underparts blue, regia S , p. 385. 

 d'. Forehead blue. 



c". Throat green like the undei-parts ; chin 



also green ._ . tiichroa J § , p. 385. 



d". Throat green Uke the underparts; chin 



blue cyanelfrons c5' 2 , P- 386. 



e". Throat blue like the underparts. 



e'" . Head blue, confined to the crown; 



nape green like the back foibesl J' , P- 387. 



f". Head blue, this colour extending 



over the back tricolor S , P- 387. 



e'. Forehead black like the rest of the crown, 

 sides of face, and chin ; green above and 

 below, with scarlet rump and upper tail- 

 coverts klclnsehmldfl, p. 387. 



