1. AUTAMIliES. 11 



and not black. Total length 14-2 inches, culmen 1 ■25, wing 6-8, 

 tail (rl, tarsus 1-2. 



06s. I have not been able to compare an adult male from New 

 Caledonia with the male from Xew Hebrides. The females seem so 

 exactly alike, that there is little doubt that both groui>s of islands 

 are inhabited by the same species. 



Hab. New Caledonia ; New Flebrides. 



«. S inmi. sk. Isle of Pines, New J. Ma^illivray, Esq. [C.]. 



Caledonia, June 7, 1858. 



b. (S inini.sk. Erroinaugo, New J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



Hebrides, Sept. 10, 

 1858. 



c. S ad., f/. 2 iuuu. Erromango. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Artamides schistaceiis. 

 Graucalus temmmckii, WuUace, P. Z. S. 18G2, p. 342 {nee S. MiUl). 



Adult [female]. Similar to A. mUdonkvs and A. iwllens, but 

 smaller, and having the feathers at the base of the nostrils, loral 

 plumes, and feathers in front of the eye dull lilackish, not glossy 

 black as in A. pollens. The grey colour of the body is lighter and 

 more of an ashy grey than in the last-mentioned species. Total 

 length 12-3 inches, culmen 1-05, wing (v35, tail 5-7, tarsus 0-95. 



Hab. iSula Islands. 



a. Ad. fik. Sula Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Artamides larvatus. 



Ceblopvris lavvata, S. MuUer, Verh. Natuurl. Geschml. Land- en 



Vo/keitk. p. 190. 

 Campephaga larvata, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 283; id. P. Z. S. 1861, 



p. 435 ; Finsch, Neu-Gtimea, p. 172 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 337, 



no. 5085. 

 Graucalus larvatus, i?/). Cow-y. i. p. 354 ; Hurtl.J.f. 0. 1864, p. 438. 



Adult. General colour above dark slaty grey, the wing-coverts 

 like the back ; bastard wing black ; primary-coverts and primaries 

 black, externally edged with slaty grey, inclining to hoary grey 

 towards the tips of the latter ; secondaries black, externally slaty 

 grey with hoary margins, the innermost secondaries slaty grey, black 

 on the inner web ; tail-feathers black, washed with grey near the 

 base and tipped with ashy, more broadly on the outermost ; lores 

 and feathers at base of bill dusky, the plumes in front of and round 

 the eye as well as the ear-coverts slaty black ; cheeks and under 

 surface of body light slaty grey, i-ather paler than the upper surface ; 

 thighs (lark slaty ; under XN-ing-coverts and axillaries slaty grey, 

 the quills ashy below, buff along the inner webs. Total length 10-5 

 inches, culmen 1-0.5, wing 5*5, tail 4*7, tarsus 0*95. 



Adidt female. Like the male. Total length 10 inches, culmen 1, 

 wing 5*5, tail 4'3, tarsus 1 . 



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