590 Mr. S. A. Buturliu on 



e. Upper back with obvious glossy black apical 

 shaft-streaks or wedges. 

 e. Rich green of the neck extending uninter- 

 ruptedly to the middle of chest and breast ; 

 scapulars more or less uniform, as, when 

 undisturbed, on most feathers inner U-shaped 

 creamy or butf and black pattern is covered, 

 e'. Mantle and sides of breast golden j^ellow ; 



edges of middle rectrices violet greyish . . vlamjalii. 

 f. Mantle, sides of breast, and edges of middle 

 rectrices with dark coppery red or chest- 

 nut largely prevailing ... siiehschanensis. 



(. Rich green of the neck banded in front by the 

 golden or coppery colours of the chest; 

 scapulars scaled as on many of these 

 feathers, inner buff or creamy and black 

 U-shaped pattern is plainly visible and con- 

 trasting with maroon, reddish, or rufous 

 margins. 

 (/'. White collar absent, or only traces of it, or 

 else if present it is broadly interrupted, 

 not embracing more than two-thirds of 

 the neck. 

 X'. Without any traces of white eyebrow 

 (collar variable), 

 </". Upper back with coppery red pre- 

 vaihng over golden yellow, its 

 feathers with narrow black apical 

 wedges ; flanks dark with broad 

 black apical bands. 

 e". Upper back almost without golden- 

 yellow sheen ; sides of breast cop- 

 pery red with black apical band 

 occupying the whole width of the 



ends of feathers strauchi 



(". Upper back with more golden- 

 yellow sheen ; sides of breast dark 

 golden rufous, and black apica 

 bands occupy most, but not the 

 whole width of the ends of feathers, sohokhotensis. 

 h". Upper back with golden yellow far 

 prevailing over coppery red, its 

 feathers with wide black apical 

 wedges ; flanks pale with black apical 

 spots occupying only the middle of 

 the ends of the feathers. 



