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6'. Entire wings black. 

 b'^. With or without a red or orange collar 



across the base of the throat SO. C. aniens. 



c^. Crown, nape, and a broad collar red .... 81. C. laticaudm. 



b. Under wing-coverts black, with the outer por- 



tion yellowish fawn-colour. Least wing- 

 coverts orange, median series cinnamon .... 82. C. hartlauhl. 



c. Under wing-coverts not black, with some 



bright colours on the wing-coverts. 

 c?'. Scapulars yellow. Lower back black. 



d^. Back between the scapulars black 83. C. inacrocercus. 



e^. Entire mantle yellow ■ 84. C. macrurua. 



«'. Entire back black. 

 /^. With a conspicuous whitt> basal portion 

 to the primaries. 

 /^ Least wing-coverts bright yellow .... 85. C. alhonotatm. 



g^. Least wing-coverts chestnut 86. C. eques. 



y^. With no white on the quills. Tail of 

 moderate length and rounded, with 

 some chestnut on the wings. 



h^. Lesser wing-coverts scarlet 87. C axillaris. 



tX Lesser wing-coverts chrome-yellow ... . 8S. Cbocagti. 

 /'. Upper back and upper tail-coverts black, 



remainder of the back yellovv. ' 



A^. Legs pale brown; under surface of the 

 quills paler, with distinct buff inner 

 margins; upper surface of the wing- 

 feathers more broadly edged with pale 



bro^vn; thighs browner 80. C. capens'.s. 



i^. Legs dark brown ; under surface of the 

 quills darker, with or without indica- 

 tions of narrow brown inner margins to 

 the quills; upper surface of the wing- 

 feathers less broadly edged with pale 

 brown ; thighs blacker 00. C. xanthomdas, 



79. COLIUSPASSER PROCNE. 



Emberiza procne, Bocld. Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783, p. 39. no. 

 635. 



Loxia caffra, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 858. 



Emberiza loagicauda, Gm. torn. cit. p. 884. 



Veuve a epaulettes, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 66, pis. 

 39 J, 40 ? (good). 



Fringilla longicauda, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 218. 



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