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b*. Feathers on the inter -ramal 

 space not extending beyond a 

 vertical drawn from the eye. 

 a°. Head, neck, and underparts 

 black, glossed with steel- 

 blue ; a tuft of white hairy 

 feathers behind the ear; back, 

 wing-coverts, and scapulars 

 with bronze-brown middles . ftiscicollis, p. 375. 

 b^. Head, neck, and underparts 

 brownish black, with a dull 

 oil - green gloss ; a few 

 narrow white feathers be- 

 hind the ear ; back, wing- 

 coverts, and scapulars with 



ash-coloured middles sulcirostris, p. 376. 



f'^. A white baud bordering the naked 

 skin of the chin and throat; 

 feathers of the back, wing- 

 coverts, and scapulars lanceolate, 

 with brownish-ash middles. 

 c*. Size larger : culmon 1 ■9-2-2 

 inches ; wing 10"5-11'5 ; tail 



6-9-7-2 vigua, p. 378. 



#. Size smaller: culmen TGo-l'Sa 

 inches; wing 10'0-10'5; tail 



5'8-6-4 onexicamis, p. 381. 



e. General colour of the underparts pure 

 white. 

 i'. Legs and feet red, orange or yellowish 

 in dry skins. 

 I", Feathering on the chin extending 

 beyond a vertical line drawn 

 from the anterior margin of the 

 eye (see fig. 3). 

 g^. No crest ; nasal caruncles well- 

 developed ; wide alar bar (outer 

 scapulars in fuUy-adult birds) 

 and dorsal patch white ; culmen 

 2'65 inches, depth at forehead 



Oo canmculatus, p. 384. 



h?. A well-developed crest on the 

 crown, 

 e*. Fore part of the neck white, 

 like the throat and rest of the 

 underparts. 

 c'. Nasal caruncles weU deve- 

 loped; alar bar (outer sca- 

 pulars in fully-adult birds) 

 and dorsal patch white ; 

 culmen 2'1 inches, depth at 



forehead 035 onslowi, p. 385. 



d\ No nasal caruncles. 



a^. Alar bar and dorsal patch 

 white ; culmen 2'4 inches, 

 depth at forehead 0'35 . . stewarti, p. 385, 



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