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| | В. Underparts buff or yellowish. 
un a. Crissum buff or whitish. 
| 2 Gigantipitta. 
[| | a’. Back blue 5 ; : ` ; . 3. P. cerulea. 
| | | Hydrornis. 
| | 6’. Back green. 
| | | a". Nape blue. 
| | a’, Forehead and ear-coverts dark buff . . 4. P. nepalensis. 
|| | 6". Forehead and ear-coverts grey . .. ЖЕНА soror: 
| | V. Nape rich brown .  . : i . 6. P. oatesi. 
|| | b. Crissum and middle of belly scarlet. 
| | Coloburis. 
id al. Throat and chin black. 
| a". Crown chestnut, with black vertical stripe : i 7. P. strepitans. 
! | V. Crown black. 
| | a". Superciliaries uniform pale yellowish brown . 8. P. coronata. 
| b”. Superciliaries rufous, merging into pale blue . 9. Р. concinna. 
| | b'. Throat white. 
ІП al. Chin black. 
І | Cervinipitta. 
| | ) a". Top of head chestnut, with narrow vertical black 
| | stripe; tail tipped with bluish green . . 10. P. nympha. 
| | | b”. Top of head black ; tail black tipped with blue . 11. P. moluccensis. 
| | | | 2". Chin white. x | 
| | а!!. Top of head reddish brown, no vertical stripe . 12. P. megarhyncha. 
| | b. Top of head brown, with vertical black stripe. 
1! а. Axillaries black, with white edge at the 
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| | b*. Axillaries all black . : : ; . 14. P. oreas. 
| | of. Head black |". : - : . 15. P. vigorsi. 
| | е. Throat rose-colour . : : . 16. P. angolensis. 
| | C. Underparts scarlet. 
| | Head without vertical stripe. 
x | а. With postocular stripe. 
| | a/. No blue on breast. 
| | | a/!. Crown brownish black. 
| | Purpureipitta. 
a‘. Upper part purplish brown . : : . 17. P. venusta. 
bt. Upper part black, glossed with purple . . 18. P. ussheri. 
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