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d^. Primaries with no angular notch ; tail more wedge- 

 shaped and glossy green like the general plumage . acuticaudus. ^9 

 I''-. Tail more square ; inner edges of primaries often 

 waved, but with no angular notch, 

 c". Tail-feathers broader ; gloss not so intensely 

 metallic. 

 g^. Tail entirely glossed; some black spots on ends 

 of wing-coverts. 

 gi*, Throat green or blue. 



a^. Tail with no shade of violet or red. 

 a". Entire body green. 



a". Larger: wing oi to 6'0 inches . . . phosnicopterus. ? o 



bispecularis. 7 

 chalybeus. 7 7 

 chalcurus. 



b' . Smaller race : wing I'S to 5'5 . 

 6". Abdomen and flanks shaded with blue 

 b^. Tail with some blue and violet red . . 

 h*. Throat, front of crown and the under parts 



reddish purple purpureus. 7 J 



h^. No green gloss on the tail ; no black spots on 

 wings, 

 i*. Throat glossed with reddish violet. 



c^. Crown like the back ; forehead only black . cuprcocauda. ?. ' 



d^'. Crown entirely black jyurpureiceps. '' : 



k*. Throat glossed with green melanogaster. f^ 



/2. Tail-feathers narrow, only 05 inch broad ; gloss 



intensely metallic iris. i V 



Lamprotornis caudatiis. 



Turdus caudatus, P. L. S. MiiU. S. N. Suppl. p. lU (1776) Hab.'> 

 Lamprotornis caudatus, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 154 (1890) ; Shelley, 



B. Afr. I. No. 586 (1896) ; Eeichen. Yog. Afr. ii. p. 708 (1903). 

 Turdus longicauda, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 13 (1783). 

 Lamprotornis longicauda, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 148, pi. 7 (1837). 

 Turdus oeneus, Gm. S. N. ii. p. 818 (1788) Senegal. 

 Le Vert Dore, Levaill. Ois. Afr. ii. p. 146, pi. 87 (1799). 



Subspecies a. 



Juida eytoni, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 368 W. Africa. 

 Lamprotornis eytoni, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 155 (1890) ; Shelley, 

 B. Afr. I. No. 588 (1896) ; Eeichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 709 (1903). 



Adult of L. caudatus. Head glossy bronze passing into black in front 

 of the eyes ; neck, mantle, wings and crop glossy golden green shading into 

 steel blue on the lower back, where there are some black subterminal marks 



