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middle feathers are in addi- 

 tion edjred with black, 

 a". Middle of breast and belly 

 pale biift', with black 



shaft-stripes yntturalis J J , p. 151. 



h'. Middle of breast and belly 

 pale buff, with irregular 

 arch-shaped black bars, 

 giving it an ocellated 

 appearance. 

 «"*. Inner webs of the pri- 

 maries mostly chest- 

 nut nluensis (S , p. 152. 



b". Inner webs of the pri- 

 maries brown, more or 

 less mottled with ru- 

 fous qfricanus cJ $ , p. 152. 



h'\ Throat white, neither spotted 



with black nor surrounded by 



a black line. 



c". Feathers of the upper back 



brownish grej-, mixed with 



black and barred with buff. Jinschi c5" 5> P- I'^S- 

 d''. P\'athers of the upper back 

 chestnut in the middle, 

 variegated with black and 



margined witli grey castaneicollis 5 , p. 153. 



r'. Throat pure white, circum- 

 scribed by a marked black 

 line, 

 e". The black and white super- 

 ciliary stripes meet at the 

 back of the head, and are 



confluent on the nape .... levaillanti d ?,p. 154. 

 /*. The black and white super- 

 ciliary stripes do not meet 

 at the back of tlie head, 

 but continue down the sides 

 of the neck. 

 c'. Upper back like the rest 

 of the upjier parts ; only 

 nape rufous. 

 c*. Lower pait of breast 

 and belly rich buff, 

 streaked with chest- 

 nut and dotted Avith 



black ffariepensis cf $ , p. 155. 



(P. Lower breast and belly 

 buff, almost immacu- 

 late jugularis cJ $ , p. 156. 



e^ Lower breast and belly 

 whitish, with black 



V-shaped bars shelleyi S , P- 157. 



cF. Upper back and nape 

 with a large rufous chest 

 nut patch spotted witli 

 hlack elgmensis $ . p. 157. 



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