Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Gecinus. 



on the under side, wliicli is washed 

 with golden yellow ; the light bars 

 on the quills as broad, or even 

 broader, than the black, 

 ^'. Crown, occiput, and nape red .... gorii, S ad. 

 h^. Crown, occiput, and nape black . . gorii, 5 ad- 

 A*. Throat and chest ochreous yellow, 

 sometimes tinged with green; under- 

 parts below the chest covered with 

 elongated squamate markings of black- 

 ish brown, and having a somewhat 

 striped appearance ; tail black, the cen- 

 tral feathers with oblique bar-like spots 

 on the base of the inner web ; malar 

 patch black, striped with white. 



0*. Crown, occiput, and nape red vittatus, S ad. 



/)*. Crown, occiput, and nape black .... vittatus, $ ad. 

 cP. The throat (generally), the chest, and re- 

 mainder of the underparts always covered 

 with elongated squamate markings of 

 blackish or brownish olive. 

 t^. Tail nearly uniform, the feathers having 

 at most a few bar-like spots of buff or 

 brownish white at the base of both 

 webs, these being almost concealed by 

 the coverts, the outer large feather 

 minutely spotted on the external web ; 

 malar patch black, striped with white ; 

 throat sometimes uniform. 



g-'. Crown, occiput, and nape red viridamis, S a*!- 



r*. Crown, occiput, and nape black .... viridamis, $ ad. 

 ;3. Tail more barred, the bars on the base 

 of the central pair of feathers only 

 partly hidden by the coverts, the outer 

 large feather distinctly barred upon 

 both webs along theu' whole length, 

 and showing clearly on the underside ; 

 malar patch greyish white, very nar- 

 rowly striped with dusky olive or 

 black ; throat never uniform. 



8*. Crown, occiput, and nape red striolatus, (S ad. 



t^. Crown, occiput, and nape black .... striolatus, 5 ad. 

 . With yellow nuchal crest, and with more or 



less red on the wings. 

 e*. \Ying-coverts and outer webs of quills 



