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coppery red ; black markings of 

 mantle and breast with violet gloss), chrysomelas. 

 f". Black margins of chest- and breast- 

 feathers wider, black on breast pre- 

 vailing over coppery red hiaiichii. 



C'. Upper back- and breast-feathers nar- 

 rowly margined with black, so that on 

 the back golden ground-colour pre- 

 vails over black ; long flank-feathers 

 are doubly emarginated, so that three 

 apical lobes are produced, central one 

 only (with small adjoining parts of 

 lateral ones) being occupied by a black 

 spot ; dark bars on basal half of 

 middle tail-feathers ordinarily (not in 

 all specimens) are wide, about 3- 



4 mm. (0'12-0*15 inch) shmoi. 



S. White collar always about 10 mm. (0'4 inch) 



wide ; mantle coppery red or chestuut (with 



very narrow black apical shaft-streaks or 



spots) ; central chest- and breast-feathers 



with no dark margins or only slight traces 



of black ones. 



Ti . Collar complete or slightly interrupted in 



front; mantle, chest, and dark spots 



of flanks with bluish and violet gloss 



prevailing turcestajiicm. 



& . Collar more interrupted in front ; mantle, 

 chest, and dark spots of flanks with 



green gloss momjolicus, 



d. Lesser and median wing-coverts sandy rufous ; 

 upper tail-coverts greenish buft" (no collar ; 

 chest-feathers without or with slight traces of 



black margins) tarimensis. 



II. Rump and middle tail - coverts lavender - grey, 

 greenish grey or olive-green without red or 

 rufous tinge, but some hair-like side tail-coverts 

 ordinarily (one species excepted) contrastingly 

 orange or rufous (lesser and median wing-coverts 

 of a lavender-grey or pale sandy-ochreous ground- 

 colour, never whitish or rufous; dark bars on 

 basal half of middle rectrices alwa3's broad, about 

 3-4 mm., 0-12-0-15 inch). 

 C. Hair-like side tail-coverts with a rusty or orange 

 patch ; under parts with more or less whitish, 

 golden yellow, or coppery red. 



