A white collar on the hind 

 neck. 



LOBIVANELLUS. 

 B. — With very small wattles. 



atronuchalis 



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1 



indicus- • • ■ 

 f melanocephalus 



y A hind toe. Pale legs. 



No purple-bronze on wing- 

 coverts. 



cinereus 



«< 



superciliosus 



Black subterminal band obso- 

 lete on outer tail-feathers. 



^ tectus. 



pectoralis. 



In all these species the spur on the wing is almost or quite obsolete. Some of these 

 characters may not be found in young in first plumage ; but in the two following keys it is 

 believed that no characters are included which are affected by age, sex, or season. 



A. — With small hind toe. 



cucullatus. 



Throat and centre of breast 

 white. 



f lobatus .... 



< 

 | personatus. 



melanocephalus 



indicus 



Greater wing-coverts tipped < senegalensis. 

 with white. 



lateralis • • 



l cinereus • 



Legs and feet reddish purple. 



Black band across central tail- 

 feathers less than an inch. 



White terminal band across 

 tail more than half an inch. 



More than basal half of outer 

 web of first secondary white. 



Outer tail-feathers and second- 

 aries white. 



