84 treeokidj:. 



e"'. Top of the head or cap purple-red or 

 magenta ; underparts with coloured trans- 

 Terse band. 

 e*. Terminal tail-band very bright yellow and 

 covering also the two central feathers. 

 a\ Terminal yellow tail-band paler ; abdo- 

 minal patch dark green, purple in the [p. 93. 



middle ponapensis, 



b'\ Terminal yellow tail-band broader and 



brighter ; no dark green patch (purple [p. 04. 



in the middle) on the abdomen hernsheimi, 



/'. Tail-band yellowish or greyish, not very 

 bright, neither very sharply defined. 

 c 5 . Tail-baud yellowish. 



«". Spots on the inner secondaries and 

 scapulars dark blue. 

 « 7 . No yellow tinsre in front of the 



pale rose-purple abdominal patch, sivainsoni, p. 95. 

 h". A distinct yellow tinge in front of 

 the pale rose abdominal patch. 

 a s . Front neck and crop-region 



more greenish ewingi, p. 96. 



6 s . Front neck and crop-region 



yellower Jtavicollis. p. 97. 



//. Spots on the inner secondaries and 

 scapulars lavender ; a distinct brown 



rufous tinge on the abdomen faseiatus,]). 98. 



(P. Tail-baud greenish grey ; abdomeu 



green, with no brown rufous tinge ; r jqq 



spots on the inner secondaries and , ;' u 



,,„ rn % a P uli y s blue . . . • ( Varotimgenm, 



f . 1 op of the head or cap lilac or p lie purple, *■ J r jq., 



and no transverse coloured band on the L "' 



underparts. 

 </. Tail above with a distinct coppery lustre. [p. 101. 



e'\ Throat and breast distinctly grey .... eoralemis, 

 /'. Throat and breast didl greenish, with [p. 105. 



no distinct grey tinge smith-sonta/i us, 



k l . Tail above bright metallic grass-green. 

 <f. Tail with a subapical greyish band, not 

 very distinct on the upper surface ; 

 lower breast and abomen with a slight 

 green-olive tinge : male with the 

 crown lilac, with scarcely a trace of a 

 surrounding greenish band behind ; 

 female (?) with no lilac tinge on the 

 upper part of the head, which is [p. 105. 



entirely grey purpuratus, 



h\ Tail with a broad apical greyish band, 

 slightly tinged with yellow; lower 

 breast and abdomen distinctly olive- 

 yellow, the latter brighter yellow ; 

 crown lilac, surrounded behind by a [p. 107. 



distinct olive-yellow band chrysogaster, 



b, A purple-red spot at the base of the lower man- 

 dible. 

 c. Chin and middle of the throat vellowish white. 



