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7. Abdomen and under tail-coverts 



bright yellow; on lower part of 

 breast a large spot of dark purplish 

 red 12. Pt. rarotongemsis, p. 534. 



8. Throat, cheeks, and breast yellowish 



green; abdomen clear green, with 



a purplish black spot in the centre 13. Pt. fasciattis, p. 535. 

 b". Conspicuous deep-rose spot at base 

 of mandible. 



1. Abdomen bright uniform yellowish 



green, without spot 14. Pt. mercieri, p. 536. 



2. Breast with a deep purple spot on 



lower part ; abdomen orange ; 

 under tail-coverts bright yellow, 

 tips orange 15. Pi. roseicapillus, 537. 



3. Chin pale purplish red ; dark purplish 



violet spot on breast, with the base 

 of the feathers dark olive-green ; 

 under tail-coverts purplish violet- 

 red, basal portion yellow ; purplish 

 violet of front and crown sur- 

 rounded by green 16. Pt. huttoni, p. 538. 



b. Front and top of head greyish or purplish 



white, margined with yellow. 



a'. Abdomen deep rose ; crissum and under 



tail-coverts deep yellow 17. Pi. dupetithouarsi, p. 539. 



b'. Abdomen and under tail-coverts orange- 

 yellow 18. Pt. xanthogastcr, p. 540. 



c 1 Abdomen and under tail-coverts bright 



yellow 19. Pt. chrysogastcr, p. 541 . 



<V . Uuderparts pale ash-green ; centre of ab- 

 domen and crissum pale yellow ; under 

 tail-coverts bright yellow 20. Pt. taitensis, p. 541. 



c. Top of head and occiput bright purple; 



sides of head light green ; nape and sides 



of neck rufous-orange ; middle of abdomen 



and crissum white : flanks and th i ghs green. 



a'. Feathers of breast purple at base, broadly 



tipped with ashy grey, a broad bluish 



black band across the lower part of breast 21. Pt. superbus, p. 542. 

 6'. Lower part of breast light purple, gra- 

 duating into bluish black 22. Pt. temmincki, p. 544. 



d. Front, crown, band across the back, and 



under tail-coverts dark purplish red ; fea- 

 thers of breast purple at base, white at tip; 

 beneath these an orange band 23. Pt. perorisei, p. 545. 



e. Front pink, with posteriorly a narrow band 



of purple, followed by a broader one of 



yellow ; a purple spot on fore part of ab- 

 domen; middle of abdomen and under 



tail-coverts yellow 24. Pt. coronulatus, p. 546. 



/. Front pinkish white, surrounded by a 



purple band succeeded by one of yellow ; 



purple spot on abdomen, surrounded by 



saffron-yellow 25. Pt. gcminus, p. 546. 



g. Front greyish white 26. Pt. trigeminus, p. 547. 



B. Breast-feathers not bifurcate. 



a. Middle of abdomen deep orange ; vent and 

 under tail-coverts white varied with yel- 

 low ; tertials violet grey in the centre. 

 a'. Shoulders greyish violet, mixed with 



