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chestnut-red tipped with pur- 

 plish green ; middle of breast 

 and sides of belly dark green; 



tail more rufous-grey 27. strauchi (p. 110). 



h". Paler: mantle bufty yellowish 

 with large apical spots of 

 blackish green ; broad scapu- 

 lar margins buffy rufous-red ; 

 chest and breast rufescent 

 golden, feathers edged with 

 blue; flanks light rufescent 

 golden tipped with blue ; tail [(p. 411). 



more whitish grey 28. berezowskyi 



White collar present, but narrow, and 

 completely or nearly interrupted in 

 front. 

 i'. Chest- and breast-feathers broadly 

 margined with blackish green ; 

 general colour very pale. 

 X- Scapulars margined with sandy 

 brown; general colour of mantle 

 and flanks yellowish buff; chest 

 glossed with pink ; rump mostly 

 grey ; superciliaries completely [(p. 398). 



or nearly wanting 17. satscheuensis 



\p'. Scapulars margined with red- 

 maroon ; general colour of 

 mantle and flanks very pale prim- 

 rose ; chest slightly glossed with 

 pink ; rump more greenish ; white 



superciliaries better marked . . 18. formosanus (p. 398). 

 f. Chest- and breast-feathers not 

 margined or very narrowly 

 margined with blackish blue ; 

 general colour bright. 

 £'. Wing-coverts ashy grey ; rump 

 mostly grey; whitish super- 

 ciliaries suiliciently marked ; 

 nape somewhat better differ- 

 entiated from hind-neck by its [subsp. n. (p. 407) 

 dull rusty-brownish colour .... 24. kiaugsuensis, 

 £'. Wing-coverts olive-sandy-grey ; 

 rump mostly olive greenish ; 

 nape more glossed and scarcely 

 differentiated from the hind- 

 neck. 



