. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 64. Bill and wing of Prionochiliis ignicapillus. Key to the Species. a. Plumage particoloured, with triglit colours either above or below. a'. A spot of bright scarlet or orange in the centre of the crown. a". Upper surface slaty blue; a patch of scarlet on the chest. a'". Rump blue-grey or slaty blue like the rest of the upper surface. a*. Chin and upper throat white ; rest of under surface bright yellow percussus, p. 65. 6*. Entire throat bright yellow like the rest of the under surface iffnicaptUus, p. 65. b'". Rump yellow; back
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 64. Bill and wing of Prionochiliis ignicapillus. Key to the Species. a. Plumage particoloured, with triglit colours either above or below. a'. A spot of bright scarlet or orange in the centre of the crown. a". Upper surface slaty blue; a patch of scarlet on the chest. a'". Rump blue-grey or slaty blue like the rest of the upper surface. a*. Chin and upper throat white ; rest of under surface bright yellow percussus, p. 65. 6*. Entire throat bright yellow like the rest of the under surface iffnicaptUus, p. 65. b'". Rump yellow; back slaty blue xanthopn/gius, p. 66. h". Upper surface olive-j'ellow; head black like the throat; a patch of scarlet on the lower throat and fore neck tlioracicus, p. 67. c". Upper surface entirely olive-yellow; chest with dusky olive streaks maailatiis, p. 69. h'. Crown of head uniform. d". Ko white ends to the outer tail-feathers. c'". Head black ; centre of back scarlet . quadricolor, p. 70. d'". Upper surface olive-yellow ; throat and breast ashy white; sides of body yellow. c*. "Larger: flanks bright yellow aiireoliynlatus, p. 70, (Z*. Smaller: flanks paler yellow sanghirensis, p. 71. e". Outer tail-feathers tipped with white. e'". Larger ; wing '85 inches : sides of neck slaty gi'ey, descending along the sides of the breast , p. 71. f". Smaller ; whig 2'l-2-35 inches : sides of breast yellow like flanks vincens, p. 72. h. Plumage plain; no bright colours on back or breast, c'. With more or less distinct streaks on the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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