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. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 30. NTGRITA. 315 Key to the Sj^ecies. a. Belly black or dark iron-grey. a'. Forehead black; belly black. a". Hump greyish white; wing-coverts and secon- daries spotted with white canicajnlla, p. 315. /;". Rump grey, only slightly paler than the back ; no white spots on secondaries .... emili(e, p. 316. b'. Forehead ochreous; belly black luteifrons, p. 317. c'. Forehead ochreous ; belly grey luciejii, p. 317. b. Belly chestnut like the forehead and sides of face; back iron-grey bicolor, p. 318. c. Belly white. d'. Rump like the back pina
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 30. NTGRITA. 315 Key to the Sj^ecies. a. Belly black or dark iron-grey. a'. Forehead black; belly black. a". Hump greyish white; wing-coverts and secon- daries spotted with white canicajnlla, p. 315. /;". Rump grey, only slightly paler than the back ; no white spots on secondaries .... emili(e, p. 316. b'. Forehead ochreous; belly black luteifrons, p. 317. c'. Forehead ochreous ; belly grey luciejii, p. 317. b. Belly chestnut like the forehead and sides of face; back iron-grey bicolor, p. 318. c. Belly white. d'. Rump like the back pinaronota, p. 318. e'. Rump ochreous, contrasting with back uropygialis, p. Head of Nigrita canicapilla. 1. Nigrita canicapilla. iEthiops canicapilla, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1841, p. 30. Nigrita canicapilla, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 145; id. Zool. Tijp. pi. 48 (1849); Grmj, Gen. B. ii. p. 354 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 444(1850); Hctrtl. Oni. pp. 130, 273(1857); Proc. Philad. Acad. 1857, p. 37, 1859, p. 135 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 46, no. 6648 (1870); 8harpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 133; id. Sj- Bouv. Bidl. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 48 (1870); Boeaqe, Orn. Am/ohi, p. 322 (1877-81^; Shellei/, Ibis, 1886, p. 306; lieichen. O. 1887, p. 307. Niorita cinereieapilla (laps, cal.), S/uape, Ibis, 1809, p. 385 ; Reichen. , p. 28. Adult male. General colour above dark slaty grey, brighter on tho rump, which is pearly grey; wings black, spotted with white at the ends of the feathers, the spots on the greater coverts and inner secondaries being larger : bastard-wing, x^rimary-coverts, and quills entirely black; upper tail-coverts ashy grey, washed with pearly grey ; tail-feathers black, with a narrow fringe of ashy grey at the end of the outer ones ; crown of head dark slaty grey like the back, the forehead black, as well as the lores and a broad eyebrow, sides of face, ear-coverts, and sides of neck; the black separated from the grey of the upper parts by a narrow
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