584 PEBISTEEID^E. 



/". Two purple spots on the sides of the 

 neck, just below the occiput, leaving 

 the intervening part of the nape 

 metallic green ; 4 central feathers of 

 the tail brown, next pair grey with a 

 brown subapical band, and the 4 outer 

 pairs grey with a black subapical 



band bimaculata, p. 591. 



d'. Forehead not yellow. 

 ff". Head and hind neck of a light grey 



(first quill attenuated at the tip) hoeclti, p. 592. 



h". Head and hind neck not of a light 

 grey, 

 c"'. Smaller : wing 4 - 7 inches to 4 - 2; 

 anterior part of the head, like the 

 anterior part and sides of the neck 

 and breast, grey. 

 « 4 . Occiput and hiud neck cinnamon . . canifrons, p. 592. 

 6 4 . Occiput and hind neck not cinna- 

 mon, but dark olive. 

 a'\ Upper parts like the hind neck, 



dark bronze olive beccarii, p. 593. 



b 5 . Upper parts olive bronze chest- 

 nut, more or less with a purple 

 gloss. 

 o s . Grey colour of the head, throat, 

 and breast much paler, almost 



whitish on the latter johannce, p. 594. 



b s . Grey colour of head, throat, and 

 breast very dark, scarcely paler 

 on the lower part of the latter ; 

 upper parts of a rich chocolate, 



washed with purple grant i, p. 594. 



d'". Larger : wing 62 inches to 5"8 

 inches. 

 c*. Forehead vinous rufous. 



c\ Occipital patch slate-grey, with 

 a greenish lustre ; lower part 

 of the pectoral vinous-rufous 

 shield whitish ; female with the 

 back and wings distinctly olive- 

 brown stairi, p. 595. 



dP. Occipital patch dusky chocolate- 

 brown, not slate-grey, and with 

 no greenish lustre ; lower part 

 of the pectoral vinous-rufous 

 shield scarcely whitish ; female 

 with the back and wings choco- 

 late - brown ; rufous - cinnamon 

 colour of the head, neck, and 

 breast much darker than in P. 



stairi 5 , samoensis, p. 596. 



d l . Forehead black in the middle margaritce, p. 597. 



e l . Forehead white. 



e 5 . Crown, occiput, and nape not 

 rusty isabelline. 



