CINNYRIS. 31 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



A. Entire head, neck and mantle of metallic 



colours full plumaged males. 



a. Abdomen black, or very dark brown. 



a 1 . Pectoral-tufts uniform, never mixed red 

 and yellow. 

 a 2 . Back coppery-bronze. 



a 5 . Smaller : wing 22 inches ; no purple 



gloss on the breast cupreus. 



b 3 . Larger : wing 2G5 ; breast glossed 



with purple purpureiventris. 



b 2 . Back golden green ; chin and middle of 

 throat of one colour. 

 c 3 . No red pectoral-band ; larger: culmen 

 not less than 1 inch. 

 a*. Chest black. 



ft 5 . Back and throat greener; cul- 

 men 1-15 ; wing 2-7 ... . notatus. 

 6 5 . Back and tbroat bluer ; culmen 



l - 35 ; wing 2-9 nesophilus. ' 



b 4 . Chest red. 



c 5 . Entire throat violet ; no yellow 



pectoral-tufts super bus. < 



rf 5 . Upper half of throat green; 



pectoral-tufts yellow .... Johanna, k j> 

 d 3 . A red pectoral-band ; smaller. 

 c 4 . Forehead violet ; pectoral-tufts sul- 

 phur yellow. 

 e 5 . Entire head and neck violet . . splendidus. 

 / 5 . Head and neck green with the 



front half of the crown violet . habcssinicus. 

 ft 7 *. Entire head and neck green. 

 r/ 5 . Tail graduated; pectoral-band 



scarlet. . "" c 



a°. Distinct pectoral-tufts. . . netarinioidcs. *> 

 b'\ No marked pectoral-tufts . . erythrocerius. <_ 

 /i 5 . Tail square. 



c 6 . No marked pectoral-tufts. 

 ft 7 . Pectoral-band scarlet; ab- 

 domen blackish-brown . . shcllciji . 

 b 1 . Pectoral-band crimson ; ab- 

 domen black. 



