10 rA:\i?orTTACiDj?. 



(/''. Lower bade, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts barred with black aud white 

 like the abdomen. 

 {"'. Lores and feathers round the eye 



black sfrialKS, 2nd pi, p. 1 8. 



k'". Lores and feathers roimd the eye 

 gTey, with no black on the face at 



all siimatrensis 9 > ?• 1-- 



h". Lower back and rump imiform with 

 the rest of the upper siu-face and not 

 ban-ed ; ear-coverts black lilie the 

 lores and feathers above the eye .... dohsoni <S , p. 20. 

 il'. Throat and chest barred with black and 

 Avhite like the rest of the under surf.ice. 

 /". Lower back and rump barred with black 

 and white. 

 I'". No black on the sides of the face . . sionafrensis iu\., p. 12. 

 in'". Lores and feathers round the eye 



black striatus juv., p. 18. 



k". Lower back and rump uniform with the 



I'est of the upper surface . dohsoni J , p. 20. 



1. Artamides caledonicus. 



Corvus cinereus, Forster, Icon. ined. no. 5.3. 



New-Caledonian Crow, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. .377 {ex Forster, Icon.). 



Corvus caledonicus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 3G7 (ex Lath.). 



Pica cinerea, Wagler, Syst. Av. sp. 18 (ex Forster). 



Corvus cinereus, Foister, Deser. Anim. p. 200. 



Graucalus coesius, Pitcher. Arch. Mus. vii. p. 323 {nee Licht.). 



Gazzola caledonica, Bp. Con-sj). i. p. 383 (nee Bp. 1854). 



Campephaga caledonica, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 162 : id. C'at.B. Trap. 

 Isl. Pacific Ocean, p. 22 ; 'id. Iland-l. B. i. p. 337, no. 5090; Marie, 

 Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, xxvii. p. 328; Lcujard, Ibis, 1878, 

 p. 256. 



Graucalus caledonicus, Ilartkmh, J. f. O. 18(34, p. 440. 



Graucalus cinereus, Lnyard, Ibis, 1878, p. 273. 



Adah male (Erromango). General colour above dark slaty 

 grey with ashy-grey gloss, the wiug-covcrts like the back ; (juills 

 ashy grey on the outer web, ashy brown on the inner one, and exter- 

 nally edged with a narrow margin of slaty grey, which is whitish 

 on the outer edge of the primaries ; tail-feathers black, the outer ones 

 browner at the ends, which are narrowly tipped with an edging of 

 white ; plumes at base of forehead, feathers in front of and surrounding 

 the eve, as well as those at ba.se of lower mandible and base of chin 

 black ; entire nnder surface of body dark slaty grey, including the 

 irnder wing-coverts and axillaries; greater series of under wing- 

 coverts and quills below ashy grey, lighter along the edge of the inner 

 web ; " biU, legs, and feet black ; iris yellowish white " {L. C. Layard) ; 

 " iris whitish grey " (J. MaccjiUivray). Total length 14 inches, culmen 

 1-25, wing 7*4, tail 6'3, tarsus 0*35. 



Adxdt female. Differs from the male in being lighter and more 

 ashy grey, and in having the lores and feathers in front of eye dusky 



