13."). riiAsiANTS. 319 



Key to the Sjtecies. 



I. Crown green or greeni.'^h bronze. 

 A. General colour of the lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts maroon or rufous some- 

 times glossed with green ; the dark bands 

 on the basal part of the central pair of tail- 

 feathers narrower. 

 «. Without a white ring round the neck or 

 with only traces of one. 

 «'. Wing-coverts reddish or sandy brown. 

 a". Middle of breast and sides of belly 

 rich dark green ; feathers of the chest 

 and upper breast without marginal 

 bands. farimensis, p. .327. 



li". ^Middle of breast and sides of belly 

 dark purplish green ; chesi and upper 

 breast with wide tips of rich purple, colckicng, p. 320. 

 c". Middle of breast and sides of belly 

 purplish lake, chest and upper breast 



with narrow purple margins talischeiisis, p. .S24. 



b'. Wing-coverts white or nearly white. 

 d". INliddle of breast and sides of belly 

 i)ur])lish carmine, 

 rt" . iiunip and upper tail -coverts 

 washed with purplish lake; breast- 

 feathers narrowly margined with 



purplish black ])efsiciis, p. .324. 



l)'". liump and upper tail-coverts 

 orange-red ; breast-feathers widely 

 tipped with purplish red-bronze. 

 rt*. Scapulars edged with dark pur- 

 plish green ;);7'«c/}3a/iA', p. 32.i5. 



b*. Sca])ulars not edged with dark 



purplish green serafshanicus, p. 326. 



e". Jiiddle of breast and sides of belly 

 dark green. 

 <■'". Flanks moderately tipped and 

 feathers of the mantle very nar- 

 rowly edged on the sides with 



pm'j)lish green shawi, p. 326. 



d'" . Flanks tijiped and feathers of the 

 mantle broadl}' edged with rich 



green chrysotnelas, p. 327. 



/;. With a wide wliite ring round tiie neck. 

 c. Chest glossed with purple ; white ring 



more or less complete monyolicuc, p. 328. 



d' . Chest glossed witii green ; white ring 



incomplete in front semitorquaiiis, p. 329. 



15. (leneral colour of tiie lower back, rump, and 

 ujiper tail-coverts greenish slate or slate ; 

 bhick bars o)i the basal part of the middle 

 tail-feathers wider. 

 c. Uuderparts with more or less fiery copper- 

 red in the plumage. 

 <"'. No white ring round the neck. 

 /". Chest mostly dark green. 



