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b'". Top of the head chestnut, like the 



cheeks ; a broad metaUic-green band 



from the eyes to the occiput. 



b\ IS'o white crescentic band on each 



side of the breast, in front of the 



shoulder ; the lower scapulars 



yellowish white, broadly edged on 



the outer web with velvety black. . cvecca S , p. 243. 



c'. A broad crescentic white band on 



each side of the breast, in front 



of the shoulder ; scapulars with no 



white carolinense (S , p. 250. 



h" . Head and upper part of the neck dark 



metallic green , castaneum cJ , p. 252. 



b' . Head with no metallic-gi'een colour. 



e". A white band anteriorly to the speculum, 

 formed by the tips of the last row of 

 upper wing-coverts ; this white band 

 broader anteriorly and gradually dimin- 

 ishing in breadth posteriorly, 

 e'". Anterior secondaries entirely white : 



female similai- to the male capense, p. 259. 



d'". Anterior secondaries not entirely 

 white. 

 d*. Specidum velvety black, with a longi- 

 tudinal metallic gTeen band on the 

 7th, 8th, and 9th secondaries, leav- 

 ing a black portion also above. 

 d''. Cheeks dull gre3'ish, finely streaked 

 with black; no ring of white 

 feathers round the eyes ; usually 

 no white edge on the outer web , f q o-o 



of the first secondary -j f,f, !-f. , ^t~?~" 



e\ Cheeks brown, with indistinct ' "^ '-^ ''' *' P' ~'^ ' 

 darker streaks ; a ring of white 

 feathers round the eyes ; the fir.st 

 secondary broadly white on the 



outer web albiytdarv, p. 257. 



e'. Speculum entirely velvety black, A\'itli 

 a green lustre in some lights, but 



with no metaUic-gi-eeu band bernieri, p. 258. 



d" . A narrow cinnamon band at the tip of 

 the last row of the upper wing-coverts ; 

 head and upper part of neck greyish 

 brown, thickly biu-red with narrow 

 black bands : sexes similar. 

 <'"'. Speculum velvety black, with a 

 metallic-green longitudinal band on 

 the upper part, 

 y. Bill yellow, with the culmen black. 

 p. Smaller, wing 8 to 8'25 inches ; 

 abdomen like the breast whitish, 

 each feather with a subterminal 

 black spot ; scapulars with large 

 black spots and narrow rufescent 

 edges Jlavirostre, p. 261. 



