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plumbeous ; all the under surface plumbens, the axillaries and 

 under wing coverts, and the ends of a few feathers on the centre 

 of the abdomen barred transversely with narrow white lines, the 

 under surface of the quills ashy blue. Total length, 8*8 ; wing, 

 5*5 ; tail, 4*2 ; tarsus, 0*85 ; bill from forehead, 0*85 ; from 

 nostril to tip, 0*55 ; from gape, 1 in. 



Log. Mountain scrubs, Goldie River. 1 regret I have no 

 description of E. plumbea, Mull, to refer to. 



118. — Edoliisoma, sp. 



This species comes very close to E. schisUceps (Homb. et Jacq.) 

 I can find no description of it in any works at my disposal, but 

 as the bird is common in the Port Moresby district and all along 

 the South-East Coast, it is probably an old described species. I 

 give a short description of the bird here, by which it may easily 

 be recognised : — 



Adult Male. All the upper surface dark cinnamon, wings dark 

 brown, the outer webs margined with cinnamon, the head of a 

 darker and more brownish tint, lores blackish, sides of the head, 

 throat, chest, and all the under surface rich bright crimson, paler 

 on the under wing coverts, and towards the base on the inner 

 webs of the quills. 



Total length, 8*6 ; wing, 4*7 ; tail, 4 in ; tarsus, 0*9 ; bill from 

 forehead, 0*9. 



There are several specimens in the collection, both males and 

 females, the latter differ but little from the former. I was in- 

 clined to consider this bird the female of E. melas, but only two 

 of this latter species were obtained while the former were by no 

 means rare. 



119. — Campephaga boyeri, Q, et Gaim., voy. au Pole, Sud.y Ois. 



IX, fig. 3. 



I have seen specimens of this species in several collections 

 made along the South East Coast, and at Port Moresby, Hall 

 Sound, Katow, &c. The male has the black from the lores, 

 extending under the throat ; all the females I have examined 

 have not any black on the throat. 



