332 cucTTTjn.T-;. 



Key to the Species. 



a. "Wings not rufous. 



«'. Neck -white. 



a". Colour more blue ; bead white, with some 



black on crown ateralhus, p. 334. 



b". Colour more green ; head entirely white, milo, p. 335. 



v. Neck black like the head and body. 



c". With a white speculum on the winof .... goliath, p. 335. 



d". With no white speculum on the wing. 



«'". Bill yellowish. 



a** Colour greenish black menebiki, p. 336. 



6*. Colour bluish black, with no shade 



of green aruensis, p. 337. 



b'". Bill black. 



e^. Plumage violet or blue-black. 



«'. Larger : wing 9-6 inches ; with a 



more violet gloss violaceus, p. 337. 



6'. Smaller : wing 8'2 inches ; with a 



bluish gloss chalybeus, p. 337. 



d^. Plumage greenish black. 



e'. Plumage uniform, not marked with 



brown. 



6 1 .„•'-- n • 1 ( bernsteini, p. 388. 



(r. Larger: wing /-o-O inches . . < •■ . '*^ ooa 

 '^ ° I spiloptents, p. o<J8. 



h^. Smaller : wing 6'2 inches viindorenm, p. 388. 



d'\ With some brown on the plumage 



c". Size smaller : wing 8 to 9 inches. 



Wing blacker ; under surface 



very slightly barred nigricans, p. 339. 



d'"'. Size larger ; wing 10'5 inclies. 

 Wings strongly barred vnih 

 rufous and buff, equally so 



above and below phasiamis, p. 340. 



h. Wings rufous. 



c'. Ile.ad, neck, and underparts black. 



e". Bill green ; head and neck purple chlororhi/ncJni.'', p. 342. 



/". Bill black or nearly so. 



c'". Under wing-coverts black. No seasonal 

 change of plumage. 

 e'^. ^^'ings paler : dark parts bluer, par- 

 tially shaded with blue or violet. 

 e'\ Smaller : wing about G inches .... reciumpiis, p. 343, 

 f\ Larger : wing over 7 inches. 

 e''. Wings brighter ; dark parts less 



shaded with violet sinensis, p. 343, 



/*. Wings duller ; head, neck, and 

 body entii'ely glossed with 



violet pwpureus, p. 348. 



/*. Wings darker; dark parts greener, 

 with no shade of blue ; wing from 



6 to 6'o inches viridis, p. 349. 



d'". Under wing-coverts rufous. Two very 

 distinct seasonal plumages. 

 (/*. Wings darker ; under wiug-coverts 



occasionally mottled with black . . touloii, p. 350, 



