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b". Crown grey. 



c^. Lower back ashy-brown with no rufous 

 shade, 

 c'. Ear-coverts white with the upper 

 part black. 

 c=. Darker ; more rufous on wings 

 more black on head and throat 

 under parts less white . . . 



d'' . Paler 



d*. Ear-coverts whitish with no black 

 d^. Lower back with a rufous shade, 

 c'. Mantle browner than the rufous 



portion of eyebrow 



/^. Mantle pale cinnamon, of the same 

 shade as the rufous portion of eye- 

 brow. 

 c"'. Mantle with narrower black 

 stripes and not browner than 

 the lower back ; ear-coverts en- 

 tirely pure white 



/■\ Mantle with broader black stripes, 



and browner than the lower back. 



a'^. Ear-coverts entirely grey . . 



b^. Ear-coverts with hinder half 



jet black, front half pure white. 



b^. Throat, with no black. 



c". Otherwise similar to the adult males. 

 Females and young of most of the above 

 species, 

 d". Never with any black on the head or 

 neck ; adult males with the mantle 

 uniform, 

 c^. Mantle strongly mottled ; throat with 



some rufous ; wing 2-3 



/^. Mantle obsoletely mottled ; no rufous 

 on the throat. 

 g*. Smaller; wing 2-3; throat white, 



tinged with yellow 



h*. Larger; wing 3-2; throat white 



tinged with grey 



. Mantle uniform, 

 c^. Throat black. 



e^. Crown and most of the head black . . 

 f". Crowu sandy buff 



insidaris, 3 , ad. ^-3 s 

 licm'dencus, J , ad. ^ z [ 

 domesticus, J , ad. --. ? 



jaijoinsis, 3 , ad. 2,v/ 



motitensis, <? , acZ. -ivc, 



cordof aniens, S , ctd- x v/ 

 shcUeiji, 3 , ad. ^^y 



cmiiii, J , (? , juv. 



cuchlorus, 2 . 

 diffusus var. 



arcuatus, J , ad. i '^ f 

 simplex, S , ad. x^^ 



