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II. Crown and throat white ; tail not widely 



barred 35. reevesi (p. 413). 



III. Crown more or less greenish, yellowish, 

 olive- brownish, or greenish bronze ; central 

 tail-feathers with black bars not wide apart, 



D. Lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 of a bronze-red, maroon, or rusty-orange 

 general colour, sometimes glossed with 

 oily-green ; black bars on the tail gene- 

 rally narrow. 

 a. Wing-coverts sandy brown or sandy 

 rufous. 

 «. Margins of the feathers of rump and 

 upper tail-coverts green and buff; 

 chest-feathers not margined with 



black 16. tarimensis (p. 397). 



/3. Margins of the feathers of rump and 

 upper tail-coverts coppery maroon ; 

 chest-feathers margined with black. 

 «'. Middle of breast and sides of 

 belly purplish red-bronze ; centre 

 of belly and under tail-coverts 

 lighter, more rusty brown ; black 

 margins of chest- and breast- 

 feathers narrow and glossed with 

 dark blue. 

 a'. Wing-coverts and tail darker ; 

 chest - feathers more pointed 

 and more deeply emarginated, 



black margins narrower 4. tcdischensis (p. 38C). 



/3' '. Wing-coverts and tail lighter ; 

 chest-feathers more rounded 

 and less emarginated, black [(p. 386). 



margins wider 3. lorenzi, subsp. n. 



b'. Middle of breast and sides of 



belly dark purplish green ; centre 



of belly and under tail-coverts 



darker, blackish brown ; chest- 



and breast-feathers broadly tipped 



with black. 



y'. General colour paler, more 



golden orange ; black markings 



of mantle, chest, and flanks 



glossed with green ; sides of 



neck with hardly any purple- [(p. 385). 



blue gloss 2. septentrionalis 



