4. OEArCALITS. 39 



15. Graucalus papuensis. 



Le Clioucavi do la Nouvelle Guinoe, TJatihciit. P/. Enl. iii. pi. G30; 



Month. H. N. Ois. iii. p. 81. 

 Papuan Crow, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 382. 

 Corvus papuensis, Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 3710. 

 Coraciua papuensis, Vieill. N. Diet. viii. p. 6 ; Cab. Mus. Ilein. Th. i. 



p. 62, note. 

 Graucalus papiiensis, Cuvier, R^f/ne Anim. 1817, vol. i. p. 34 ; Less. 



Man. cTOrn. i. p. 144; Bp. Consp. i. p. 354; Sclnter, I'r. Linn. Soc. 



ii. p. 159; Jiosenh. J.f. O. 1864, p. 121; Hartl. torn. cit. p. 442; 



Suntlev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 22 ; Meyer, Sitz. k. Akad. Wien, Ixix. 



p. 505; Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civic. Genov. ra. p. 771, x. p. 136. 

 Ceblepyris albiventris, Wayler, Syst. Av. art. Corvus, App. sp. 9. 

 Ceblepp-is papuensis, Midler, Natuurl. Geschied. Land- en Folkenk. 



p. 191 ; Itiipp. 3L(S. Scnckenb. iii. p. 33. 

 Ceblepyris (Graucalus) aliinis, Iliipp>. 3Ius. Senckcnh. iii. p. 38. 

 Choucari de Desgi-az, Ilomhr. et Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, Atlas Ois. 



pi. 7. fig. 1. 

 Campepliaga papuensis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 283 ; id. P. Z. S. 1858, 



p. 193 ; id. Cat. B. Xcw Guinea, p. 31 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 435 ; 



Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 171 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 337, no. 5082. 

 Campephaga desgrazii, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 283 ; id. P. Z. S. 1858, 



p. 193 ; id. Cat. B. Neiv Gttinea, p. 31 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 435 ; 



Finsch, Neu- Guinea, p. 171 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 337. no. 5083. 

 Graucalus desgrazii, Bp. Consp. i. p. 355; Jacq. et Pucker. Voy. 



Pole Sud, Zool. iii. p. 64 ; Sclater, I^\ Linn. Soc. ii. p. 159 ; Hosenb. 



J. f. O. 1864, p. 121. 

 Campephaga melanolora, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 353, 1861, p. 435; 



Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 171 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 336. no. 5075. 

 Graucalus melanolorus, Hartl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 443 ; Meyer, Sitz. k. 



Akad. Wien, Ixix. p. 505. 



Adult male. General colour above French grey, the wing-coverts 

 like the back, the greater scries ■with an edging of lighter grcj' ; 

 bastard wing black, narrowly margmed with white ; primarj'- 

 coverts black, externally ashy grey ; quiUs black, narrowly mar- 

 gined with ashy grey, the secondaries more broadly grey on the 

 outer web, the inner ones edged also with white, the innermost 

 black on the inner web, grey on the outer ; rump and upper tail- 

 covcrts lighter grey than the rest of the upper surface ; two centre 

 tail-feathers grey, blackish towards the tips, which arc narrowly 

 edged with white ; remainder of tail-feathers black, washed with 

 grey at the base and tipped with ashy, narrowly edged with whitish ; 

 a narrow frontal band, lores, fcatliers below the eye and at base of 

 lower mandible black, this colour, however, not encircling the eye, 

 the hinder part of the eyelid being grey like the sides of the face ; 

 cheeks grey like the ear-coverts ; under surface of body light French 

 grey, the chin white, the abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; 

 sides of body and thighs light grey ; under wing-coverts and axilla- 

 ries white ; quills a^hy grey below, white along the inner webs ; 

 "bill, feet, and iris black" (D'Alhertis). Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 0-9-5, wing 5-7, tail 4*2 tarsus 0*95. 



Adult female. Not to be distinguished from the male except by 



