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/*. Upper back olive. Wiugs dark brown, 

 with strongly coutrastiug yellow edges 

 to the featliei-s. Head and nnderparta 

 deep yellow. Throat shaded with 



chestnut 142. P. aurnntius. 



y^. Back, wings, and tail when closed 

 nearly uniform yellow. 

 g^. Head and throat duller yellow, with 



a slight chestnut tinge 143. P. aureoflavus, 



h^. Head and throat of a bright orange 



shade 144. P. hojeri. 



d}. Upper back olive, streaked with dark 

 centres to the feathers. Forehead and 

 cheeks cbestnut 145. P. galhula. 



G. Black-headed Yellow Group. 



a. Bill very stout. Sides of the head and upper 



half of the throat black in both sexes. 

 The male has the crown yellow ; the 

 female has it black, shading into olive on 

 the nape, and bounded on each side by a 

 broad yellow eyebrow. This eyebrow, in 

 the birds out of plumage, is brownish buff 

 and always strongly marked 146. P. superciliosus, 



b. Bill weaker and variable in strength. Fe- 



males with no black on the plumage. 

 6\ With no black on the centre of the fore- 

 head. 

 b^. Crown strongly shaded with chestnut. 

 b^. Black of the throat not extending 

 further down than in a line with 

 the back of the ear-coverts. Ear- 

 coverts black 147. P. vitellinus. 



c3. Black of the throat extending to the 

 crop. Ear-coverts chestnut and 



yellow 148. P. tceniopterus. 



(?, Crown not shaded witb chestnut. 

 d^. Upper back strongly mottled with 

 jet-black, owing to the feathers being 

 of that colour with broad yellow 



ends. Wing 3"5 inches 149. P. spilonotus. 



e^. Upper back mottled with brownish 

 black, owing to the centres of the 

 feathers being of that colour with 

 their sides yellow, thus giving a 



