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SUNBIRDS. 



l. Throat and breast yellow 2 Shelley i } Sharpe, Philippines. 



2. Throat and front of chest, red 



a Tail not red ; portion metallic. 



* Crown, upper tail-coverts and 

 metallic portion of tail, green. 



** A metallic patch on ear- 

 coverts 



** No metallic patch on 

 ear-coverts 



Vigorsii, 

 miles, 



Sykes. 



Hodgs. 



Hume. 



* Crown and upper tail-coverts, * 

 green ; metallic portion of " Cur a, 

 tail, blue. 



* Metallic portion of crown and 

 of tail blue 



** No red eyebrow, 



nor red feathers on forehead. 



f Chin and throat without 

 or with very slight yel- 

 low streaks. 



++ Abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts, ashy brown 



tinted with olive. , 



Bill shorter and 6 siparaja, Raffl. 



weaker 



Bill longer and 7 nicobarica, Hume. 



stronger 



ft Abdomen and under 8 magnified, Sharpe. Philippines. 



tail-coverts black. 



+ Chin and throat strong- 9 Jlavostriata Wall. Celebes. 



ly streaked with yellow 



** A red eyebrow and few 10 mysticalis, S. Mtill. Java. 

 red feathers on forehead. 



Q Tail scarlet with no metallic 



rhtse\h C orsLpTmetSncll Temmincki, S. Mull. Sumatra. 



patch'encircling the forehead. 



II, — Chin, throat, and crown, 

 metallic blue. 



(a) Upper tail-coverts andl2 ignicauda, 

 tail, scarlet. 



(b) Upper tail-coverts and 

 portion of tail metallic 

 blue. 



1. Front of beast scarlet 13 Dabryi, Verr. China and 



2. Front of breast yellow 14 GoilldicB, Vig. North-East 



B. — Nape, crown and back Burniah. 



OF NECK METALLIC. 



I. — Upper half of head, 

 back of neck, and throat 

 metallic green. 



Hodgs. 



