212 psitxacid^;. 



Key to the Species. 



a. A brown-red patch on the lower back. 



a'. Breast blue, with no transverse bars cruentata, p. 213. 



b'. Breast with transverse bars, or scale-like 

 appearance. 

 a 1 '. Breast with transverse bars. 



a'". Cheeks, pileuni, and bend of the wing 



green vittata, p. 214. 



b'". Cheeks maroon, bend of the wing red. 

 a*. Pileum brown, wath a very slight 



tinge of blue, if any, on the forehead, hucotis, p. 216. 

 6 4 . Crown brown, sinciput extensively 



blue , emma, p. 217. 



b". Breast and throat with a scale-like 

 appearance. 

 c'" . Bend of the wing crimson ; upper part 

 of the cheeks maroon, lower part of the 



same and forehead dull blue picla, p. 217. 



d'". Bend of the wing with very little red, 

 if any ; pileum, lores, and cheeks red 

 in the adult birds ; the young bird with 

 no red on the head and with the blue 

 forehead resembles very much P. 

 picta, but has no red on the bend of 

 the wing luciani, p. 219. 



b. No brown-red patch on the lower back. 

 c'. With distinct pectoral bars. 



c". Lower breast and abdomen green ; often 

 a more or less distinct brown-red patch 

 in the middle of the abdomen. 

 e'". Under wing-coverts in the adult birds 



orange egregia, p. 221. 



/'". Under wing-coverts green. 



c 4 . Ear-coverts brown - red ; breast 

 brown ; bastard-wing and primary- 

 coverts yellow, more or less tinged 



with red calliptera, p. 221. 



d i . Ear-coverts green, like the cheeks. 

 ■a 5 . Tail above dusky reddish brown. 

 <i e . Primary-coverts red, tipped with 



yellow inelanura, p. 222. 



b e . Priniary-coverts and bastard- 

 wiug scarlet, with no yellow. 

 a 7 . Hoary edges of the throat and 



breast-feathers narrow .... souancei, p. 223. 

 b" . Hoary edges of the throat and 



breast-feathers very broad . . berlepschi, p. 224. 

 &'. Tail above green ; bastard-wing 



and primary-coverts scarlet .... rupicola, p. 224. 

 e\ Ear-coverts dusky grey ; tail coppery 



red molinee, p. 225. 



g'" . Under wing-coverts red. 

 / 4 . Cheeks green ; tail above and below 



olive devilhi, p. 226. 



