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y s . Hind neck with narrow grey and black 

 transverse markings or lines. 

 t 6 . Rump pale grey ; tail uniform sandy grey, 

 under tail-coverts whitish ; round the eyes 



a ring of prominent papillae yymnopMhalma, 



f 6 . Rump dark grey ; tail dark grey, with a [p. 269. 

 broad terminal black band ; under tail- 

 coverts dark grey picazuro, p. 271 . 



h 5 . Hind neck uniform vinous, with no trans- 

 verse markings. 

 y 6 . Outer upper wing-coverts broadly edged 

 with white ; the white markings on the 

 smaller and median wing-coverts not of 

 a triangular shape, but as apical edges .... albijjennis, p. 272. 

 /i 6 . Outer upper wing-coverts with rather narrow 

 white edges ; smaller and median wing- 

 coverts with very conspicuous white tri- 

 angular spots maculosa, p. 273. 



h l . Mantle, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts 

 not earthy brown. 

 i 5 . Upper wing -coverts distinctly spotted with 

 white (Dendrotrerori). 



i 6 . Head entirely grey hodgsoni, p. 274. 



k 6 . Anterior part of the head and neck dark 

 vinous ; hind part of the head to the 



occiput grey arquatrix, p. 276. 



k s . Upper wing-coverts unspotted. 

 I 6 , Feathers of the nape, or of the neck all 

 round, with very regular dark margins. 

 a 1 . Dark margins confined to the feathers 



of the nape (Patayianas). [p. 278. 



a s . Top of the head white leucocephala, 



6 3 . Head vinaceous, with no white cap squamosa, p. 280. 



b 1 . Feathers of the neck all round with dark 



margins (Lepidcenas) speciosa, p. 281 . 



m 6 . Feathers of the nape with no dark mar- 

 gins. 

 c~. Head and neck uniform vinaceous, with 

 no metallic colours. 

 c s . Bill black; anterior upper wing-coverts 

 broadly margined with white, forming 

 a well-defined white band; wing 8*75 



inches inomata, p. 284. 



d'" Bill coral-red (yellow in dry skins) ; 

 anterior and greater wing-coverts with 

 narrow white edgings, wanting in some 



specimens ; wing 7*5 to 8 inches Jiavirostris, 



d 1 . Head and neck not uniform vinaceous. p. 2-">. 



e s . A metallic bronze patch on the occiput 



and upper hind nedk nifina, p. 287. 



f s . No metallic bronze patch on the oc- 

 ciput. 

 a 9 . A well-defined scale-like metallic patch 

 patch v on the nape. 

 a. No nuchal white band caribcea, p. 290. 



