-1. tJEArcvLus. 25 



b. Lmver breast and abdomen barred with black and 

 white. 



<••'. Light grey ; paler on abdomeu and under tail- 

 coverts, the white bars broader than or equal to 

 the black ones ; male with black feathers in 

 front of eye, female with grey Ii'nedhis, p. 40. 



d'. Bluish grey ; darker below, the black bars broader 

 than the white ones in the female ; in the male 

 the abdomen black, with narrow hair-like cross [p. 41. 



lines of white maforensis $ , 



1. Graucalus toyeri. 



Choueaii de Boyer, Homhr. et Jacq. Voy. Pok Sud, Atlas Ois. 



pi. 9. fig. 3. 

 Canipephaga boveri, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 283 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 355 ; 



Gray, P. Z. S. 18-j8, p. 193; id. Cat. B. New Guinea, p. 31; id. 



P. Z.S. 1801, p. 43o : Rosenb. J. f. O. 1804, p. 121 ; Finsch, Neu- 



Guinea, p. 171 ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 154 ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 337, no. 5092 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 697 ; Meyer, Sitz. k. 



Ahad. Wien, Ixix. p. 3S8. 

 Ptiladela boveri, Jacq. et Pucker. Voy. Pole Sud, Zool. iii. p. 68 ; Bp. 



r. R. xxxviii. p. 540; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 163; Sclater, Pr. 



Linn. Soc. ii. p. 160. 

 Oampephaga albilora, Schl, N. T. D. iv. p. 45 ; Meyer, Sitz. k. Akad. 



Wien, Ixix. p. 308. 

 Graucalus strenuus, Gould, B. Nezo Guinea, part ii. (nee Scklegel) ; 



.Salvad. Ibis, 1870, p. 277. 

 Graucalus boveri, Sahad. Anii. Mits. Civic. Genov. x. p. 136. 



Adult male (Andai, August 1872, D'Alhertis). General colour 

 above greyish blue, the least wing-coverts like the back, rest of the 

 wing-coverts ashy edged with greyish blue : bastard plumes black ; 

 primary-coverts and primaries black, margined with greyish blue ; 

 tail-feathers ashy blackish, washed with grey near the base ; 

 crown of head and nape greyish cobalt, the sides of face and neck 

 brighter blue and inclining to greyish cobalt ; under surface of body 

 greyish blue, the chin and upper throat blackish, as well as a spot 

 at the base of the lower mandible ; plumes at base of bill, lores, 

 feathers in front of and below the eye, as well as the front half of 

 the eyelid black ; under wing-coverts and axillaries orange-chestnut, 

 the edge of the wing greyish blue ; quills ashy below, hoary along 

 the inner webs ; " bill, feet, and iris black " (D'Albertis). Total 

 length 9-2 inches, culmen 0-75, vring 5-1, tail 3-9, tarsus 0'9. {Mus. 

 Civic. Genov.) 



Adult female (Ansus, Jobi, April 1873, Br. A. B. Meyer). Differs 

 from the male in having no black on the face or throat, and in having 

 ■white lores. Total length 8'7 inches, culmen 0'75, wing 4-85, 

 tail 3"7, tarsus 0"85. {Mns. Dresden.) 



Young male (Ansus, April 1873, Dr. A. B. Meyer). Like the old 

 female, but the base of the forehead and white loral plumes slightly 

 mixed with blackish plumes, showing the approach to the full male 

 dress ; secondaries with hoary white edgings, and the outer tail- 

 feathers tipped with white. (Mus. Dresden.) 



Hah. North-western New Guinea ; island of Jobi. 



