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Key to the Species. 



a. Huiup and upper tail-coverts never blue. 



a\ Bill : both mandibles blackish. Rump and 

 upper tail-coverts red. 

 d^. General plumage grey. No black on head. 

 Tail shorter. 



a'. Tail red 48. E. cccrulescens. 



b\ Tail black. 



6*. Abdomen and under tail - coverts 



blacker 49. E. perreini. 



c*. Abdomen and under tail -coverts 



greyer Subsp. 50. E. incana. 



P. General plumage not so grey. With some 

 black on the head. Tail longer. 

 (P. Crown ashy brown. Sides of the head 

 black. 



dK Under tail-coverts black 51. ^. erythronota. 



eK Under tail-coverts white 52. E. channosina. 



e^. Crown black. Sides of the head not 

 black. 

 f*. Mantle grey, barred with black. 



Flanks red 53. E. atncapilla. 



g*. Mantle olive-brown. No red on 



breast M. E. nonnula. 



55. E. capistrata. 

 ¥. Bill : upper mandible black, lower one red. 

 Rump and upper tail-coverts red. 

 h^. Abdomen and under tail - coverts less 



yellow 6Q. E. dufresnii. 



}?. Sides of the head and upjier throat 



black E. dufresnii, J , 



t^. Sides of the head grey, upper throat 



white E. dufresnii, $ . 



r. Abdomen and under tail-coverts yellower. 



/. Rump redder. Throat whiter 57. E. quartinia. 



k^. Rump more orange-red. Throat greyer 58. E. salvatieri. 

 c'. Bill : both mandibles orange-red. 

 l'^. With no crimson band through the eye, 

 contrasting with the cheeks and ear- 

 coverts. Rump and upper tail-coverts 

 red. 



P. Sides of the head grey 59. E. paludicola. 



m^. Sides of the head orange 60. E. ^nelpoda. 



m-. With a crimson band through the eye, 



