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c>, More rosy shade on the neck and breast 
d®. Less rosy shade on the neck and breast. 
c®. Upper parts darker and browner . 
d®, Upper parts paler and greyer c 
b®, More red on plumage ; a crimson shade on siamo, 
b?. Under tail-coverts not black ; upper tail-coverts not 
barred. 
c3, Upper 
whitish. 
c*. Bill red 
d*. Bill black : 
ds, Upper tail-coverts red ; bill Wee some eal on 
wings ‘ 
b1, Upper parts wuatform alive nea a tne rump eae 
bill red, with the culmen and keel black; under parts 
mostly yellow or orange red. 
c?, A crimson band through the eye; abdomen and 
under tail-coverts orange red. 
e®, Throat and breast strongly shaded with orange 
red. 
fs. Throat aed breast oldes yellow sis peaecelyt any 
orange. 
d?. No crimson beni amauel the eye; 
abdomen and under tail- coverts buff. 
g®. Centre of breast and abdomen orange shaded buff . 
h®. Centre of breast and abdomen lemon shaded buff . 
b. No crimson band through the eye; rump red; no olive 
shade on the mantle. 
ct. Sides of head with an orange red patch . 
dt. No red patch on sides of head. 
e?, Neither crown nor sides of head black. 
a8, Upper parts not mostly lavender grey. 
e*. Under parts more ashy white, with little or no 
yellow shade. 
e5>, Topofhead grey . . 
f°. Top of head brown like the back. 
e®, Upper parts paler, less rufous brown ; flanks 
paler grey . 
f®. Upper parts Saree more Shia cae 
flanks darker grey : 
f*. Under parts strongly washed with xellone 
q®. Sides of head grey; under tail-coverts golden 
brown . 
tail-coverts black ; under tail-coverts 
ene oF peenet 
peasei, ~ Or 
occidentalis, 2. 
Sousa. 
rubriventris. 2 » - 
cinerea. * © & 
rufibarba. 2. 
rhodopyga. : 
. subflava g ad. 2 09 
clarkei 3 ad. 2 « 
subflava 2? .2 ¢ 
clarket 2... 
melpoda. 2 } 2 
paludicola. 2 \« 
roseicrissa. 2 )4 
marwitzt. 
poliopareia. 2 / 6 
