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Key to the Species of the Genus Peliciuius. 



a. With a broad black gorget. 



a'. With broad yellow ends to the tail-feathers. 

 Throat, centre of breast, and under tail-coverts 



yellow 1. gutturalis. 



b'. With no broad yellow ends to the tail-feathers. 

 a". Throat vermilion or crimson; under tail- 

 coverts washed with the same colour. Upper 

 parts and sides of body uniform green, with 

 yellow on sides of forehead. 

 a" . Centre of breast and under tail-coverts 



yellow 2. quadricolor. 



b'". Centre of breast and under tail-coverts 



maroon-red 3. viridis. 



b" . Throat, sides of head, and the breast whitish. 

 Crown and back of neck grey ; remainder of 

 the upper parts uniform green 4. torquatua. 



b. With no black gorget. The greater part of the 



sides of the head and neck black in the males, 

 grey in the females. 

 c'. Crown and back of neck grey, remainder of the 

 upper parts green ; abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts white ; throat and chest shaded with 

 rufous butf. 

 c". With a white eyebrow and the white in front 

 of the eye immediately next to the grey of the 



crown 5. rnbiyinosus. 



d". With no distinct white eyebrow, and the 

 black extending round the forehead, sepa- 

 rating the white from the grey of the crown . 6. bertrandi. 

 d' . Upper parts generally, and sides of breast, green. 

 Throat, centre of breast, under tail-coverts, and 

 a patch, in front of the black of the head, 

 yellow 7. olivaceus. 



26. Laniarius mosambicus. 



Dryoscopus sticturus, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 20. 



Dryoscopus mosambicus,. Fiscli. & Reicheu. ; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1891, p. 16. 



Dryoscopus major, Reicheu. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. 

 p. 163. 



Zomba. Oue specimen. 



