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Campephag<a dussuniieri, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 33G, no. 5070. 



Campcplaaga lagunensis, Grmj, torn. cit. p. 337, no. 5080. 



Grauciilus striatus, Wahhn, Ibis, 1873, p. 312 ; id. Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 175, 



pi. XXX. fi^'. 1; Sharpc, Tr. Linn. Sue. new series, i. p. 323; Tweedd. 



P. Z. S. I877,_pp. G'j;^, 759, y27, et 1878, pp. 108, 283, 380. 

 Corvus papuensis, Von Kitt.l., Liitke, Voy. {Postels), iii. p. 326 {nee 



Gm., teste Ttueeddale). 



Adult male. Whole plumage of a dark plumbeous grey, the lores 

 being jet-black ; loAver plumage somewhat paler than the upper, 

 more especially that of the ventral region ; a few of the upper tail- 

 coverts and nmip-feathcrs arc fringed with pale grey (Twecddale) ; 

 " bill, legs, and claws black ; iris pure lemon-yellow " (A. Everett). 



Adult (female). Dark ashy grey above, the lores a little more 

 dusky, as also the sides of the face ; lesser and median wing-coverts 

 a little darker than the back ; greater coverts ashy grey ; quills 

 black, externally ashy grey, the inner secondaries almost entirely of 

 this colour ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts barred with 

 black and white, the feathers being grey tipped with white, before 

 which is a subtcrminal bar of black ; taU-fcathcrs black, shaded with 

 grey near the base ; throat and chest ashy grey ; remainder of under 

 surface of body barred with black and white, the bars being of about 

 equal width ; thighs dark ashy grey ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries white barred with black, but more conspicuously than the 

 breast ; greater series of under wing-coverts and quills below ashy, 

 with a very narrow edging of white along the inner web, the quills 

 browner below towards the tips of the feathers ; " iris crimson " (A. 

 Everett). Total length 10'5 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 6-3, tail 4-4, 

 tarsus 1. 



Young male (Ncgros, Steere). Like the old female, but having the 

 lores, feathers in front of the eye, on the sides of face, and chin black ; 

 lower back, as wcU as the rump and upper tail-coverts, more distinctly 

 barred with black and white than in the female ; general colour of 

 the upper surface and throat and chest leaden grey, darker than in 

 the female; feathers of upper breast leaden grey, narrowly tipped with 

 white, before which is a narrow subtcrminal black bar ; rest of under 

 surface very broadly barred with black and white ; quills below dark 

 ashy grey ; tail black, indistinctly tipped with dark grey, and nar- 

 rowly edged with white at the tip, the outermost feathers ashy 

 brown near the tip, which is white with a subtcrminal line of black. 

 Total length 12-3 inches, cidmen 1-15, wing 6-45, tail 4-6, tarsus 1*1. 



Young (Zamboanga, Steere). Differs from the adult female and 

 from the male in being barred with white and black on the whole 

 under surface, excepting the lower abdomen, vent, and under tail- 

 coverts, which are white ; cheeks also barred with black and white ; 

 ear-coverts dark slaty grcj', with narrow white shaft-streaks : qudls 

 ashy below, browner at tip and whitish along the inner web ; outer 

 tail-feathers white at tip, with a subtcrminal black bar ; " iris dirty 

 brownish white" (A. Everett). Total length lO'o inches, culmen 

 1-1, wing 5-S5, tail 4-6, tarsus 1"05. 



Hub. Philippine Islands. 



