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G. With a large portion of the plumage bright 



yellow. Portion of the throat and portion 



of the sides of the head black. Wings 



brown, the feathers edged with olive or [loiv Group. 



yellow. Sexes dissimilar in plumage ... . YIl. Black-headed Yel- 

 H. With no yellow on the underparts, which 



are black or chestnut in adult males. '[Group. 



With no red on the plumage VIII. Dark-coloured 



Key to the Species. 



A. FouDiA Group. 



a. Breast grey. Under tail-coverts chestnut. 



a\ Crown and sides of the head black 115. P. nelicourvi, c?. 



¥. Crown and ear-coverts olive shading in 



yellow in front -P. nelicourvi, $ . 



b. Breast brown, olive, or red; under tail- 



coverts never chestnut. Mantle brown, 

 olive, or red, with more or less di.?tinct 

 dark centres to the feathers, 

 c^ Head and neck yellow. Bill very stout . . WQ. P. sakalava. 

 d^. Plead, neck, and rump scarlet. 



d'K With no black band through the eye. 



Mantle olive-shaded brown. Bill \jnus. 



stout 117. P. eminentissi- 



e^. With a black band through the eye. [icnsis. 



e^. Mantle red. Bill stouter ]18. P. madagascar- 



f^. Mantle brown. Bill slender 119. P. ruber. 



e*. Head and neck never uniform yellow. 

 Plead, neck, and rump never red. Bill 

 slender. 

 /^. Head and throat yellow, shaded with 



red on the forehead and cheeks 120. P.Jlavicans. 



g^. General plumage olive, with the crown 



and throat shaded with yellow 121. P. seychcUensis. 



B. Anaplectes Ghotjp. 



a. Bill orange-red. The quills broadly edged 

 with bright yellow or red. The head and 

 neck red in full}^ adult males. 

 a}. Quills broadly edged with yellow. Head 

 and neck yellowish in the females. 

 o'**. With no black on the ear-coverts .... 122. P. rubriceps. 

 b^. With the ear-coverts black, partially 



washed with red 1 23. P. gurneyi. 



ft\ Quills broadly edged with red. Sides of 



the head black 124. P. melanotis. 



