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122 Key to the Species.

a. General colour of plumage black or brown, unrelieved by any distinctive marks. a'. Legs black or brown M. maxima, p. 123. b'. Legs yellow or orange. a". Wing quite 5 inches and generally more. a'". Lower plumage uniformly dark brown ; crown of male not much darker than back M. simillima^ p. 124. b'" '. Lower plumage albescent on abdo- men and under tail-coverts ; crown of male black, forming a cap con- spicuously darker than back M. nigripileus, p. 126. b". Wing about 4*5 inches, rarely reach- ing 5. c'". Upper plumage with all feathers margined M. kinnisi, p. 124. d'". Upper plumage uniform. a 4. Sides of head of much the same colour as other parts of head .... M. bourdilloni, p. 125. 6 4 . Sides of head rufous * M. erythrotis, p. 126. b. Plumage variegated. c'. Hind neck of different colour from back. c". Crown and back of same colour M. albicincta, p. 127. d". Crown and back of different colours. . M. castanea, p. 128. d'. Hind neck of same colour as back. e". Feathers of upper plumage variegated with dark central marks M.fuscata, p. 129. f". Feathers of upper plumage not varie- gated. e'". Tail, throat, and upper breast chiefly chestnut M. ruficollis, p. 130. f". No chestnut on tail, throat, or upper breast, c*. Wings boldly marked with a large patch of grey or rufous M. boulboul, p. 1 30. d 4. Wings uniform. a 5. Under wing- coverts and axil- laries wholly or in part chest- nut or orange-brown, a 6. Sides of breast and abdomen grey or brown. a 7. Throat and breast uni- formly of one colour. a 8. Throat and breast black. M.atrigularis <$,"$. 131. b s . Throat and breast slaty grey M. unicolor tf, p. 132. b 7 . Throat and breast streaked. c 8 . Under wing - coverts orange-brown; axillaries rufous-grey M. atrigularis , p. 131.


 * Of M. Jcinnisi, M. bourdittoni, and M. erythrotis the series to which I have access is so very small and unsatisfactory that the characters for these three species given here may not prove to hold good in all cases.