48 CAMPOPDAGIDiE. 



wing-coverts lighter groy than the breast ; quills blackish below, 

 broadly white along the inner webs. Total length 10 inches, culmen 

 0-9, wing 4-9, tail 4, tarsus 0-95. 



A(hdt female (Amboyna, Wallace). Different from the male. 

 Above ashy brown, with a greyish shade on the rump, upper tail- 

 coverts, and crown ; least wing-coverts lUce the back, rest of the 

 coverts brown, externally edged with pale rufous or buff, somo of 

 them with ashy ; quills dark brown, edged with rufous, broader on 

 the secondaries ; bastard wing and primary-coverts dark brown, 

 narrowly edged witli ashy ; centre tail-feathers fulvous brown, the 

 others dark brown, broadly tipped with creamy buff, more extended 

 on the outermost ; lores hoary grey ; over the eye a streak of fawn- 

 colour ; eyelid creamy buff ; in front of the eye a triangular blackish 

 patch ; ear-coverts dull greyish, streaked with whitish buff; under 

 surface of body rich creamy buff, the throat narrowly streaked with 

 blackish, the breast and flanks with arrow-head wavy cross Hues of 

 black ; under tail-coverts uniform ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 rich creamy buff; quills bright ashy brown below, rufous along the 

 inner webs. Total length 9-5 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 4-85, tail 4, 

 tarsus 0-95. 



Hah. Coram, Amboyna, Mysol. 



6. Edoliisoma salvadorii. 



Edoliisoma salvadorii, Sharpe, Mitth. k. zool. Mus. Dresdeti, Heft iii. 



Adult male. General colour above dark bluish slate-colour, the 

 lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median series black, margined 

 with grey ; greater series black, shaded with grey and inclining to 

 white on the extreme edge ; bastard plumes and primary-coverts 

 black, the former narrowly edged with white, the latter with grey ; 

 quills black, tlio primaries edged with grey, the secondaries shaded 

 with green, broadly margined with white, before which is a slight 

 subterminal shade of grey ; tail-feathers black, the outer feathers 

 broadly, but obscurely, tipped with ashy grey, the centre ones dark 

 grey, shading off into black at the tips ; a narrow frontal line, lores, 

 feathers in front of and round the eye and at the base of the cheeks 

 black ; oar-coverts dark grey, shaded with blackish ; under surface 

 of body dark bluish slate-colour, the chin black, the thighs also 

 shaded with blackish ; under wing-coverts bluish grey, those near 

 the edge of the wing with black bases ; quiUs ashy blackish below, 

 broadly edged with dull white on the inner webs. Total length 8-5 

 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 4-85, tail 3-8, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female. Different from the male. Eluish grey above, a 

 little duUer than the male, the upper tail-covorts margined with 

 hoary whitish ; least wing-coverts like the back, median and greater 

 scries dark brown, distinctly edged with white, before which is a 



