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Adult male. General colour above slaty grey, the lesser and me- 

 dian wing-coverts like the back ; greater wing-coverts lighter grey, 

 with blackish bases to the inner webs ; bastard plumes, primary- 

 coverts, and primaries black, the secondaries broadly edged with 

 grey, hoary on the margins of the feathers ; two centre tail-feathers 

 dark ashy grey, with a subterminal black mark before a narrow grey 

 tip ; remainder of tail black, tipped with ashy grey, more broadly on 

 the outer feathers ; sides of face rather darker grey than the head, 

 the feathers in front of the eye and above and below the fore part 

 of the latter black: entire under surface of body dark slaty grey, 

 the chin and fore part of cheeks blackish ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries slaty grey, the greater series and the inner "lining of the 

 quills hoary grey, the latter being otherwise dark ashy grey below. 

 Total length 8-5 inches, ciUmen 0-75, wing 4-4, tail 3-3, tarsus 0-85. 



Adidt female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 rafous-browa, inclining to chestnut on the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts ; centre tail-feathers rufescent brown, blackish just before 

 the tip ; remainder of the tail-feathers black, tipped with rufous, 

 more broadly towards the outermost, which is also rufous along the 

 outer web ; crown of head and nape slaty grey; feathers in front of 

 eye blackish ; ear-coverts and sides of face rufous, with dull fulvous 

 shaft-streaks ; cheeks and entire under surface of body bright chest- 

 nut, including the under wing-coverts and axillaries ; quills dull 

 ashy brown below, pale rufous along the inner web. Total length 

 8-2 inches, culmen 0-75, vsdug 4-45, tail 3-3, tarsus 0-85. 



Hah. West coast of New Guinea ; Mysol. 



«, b. cJ ad., c-d. 2 ad. sk. Mysol. A. R. WaUace, Esq. fC.]. 



e. d juv. sk. Mysol. A. E. WaUace, Esq. [C.]. 



10. Edoliisoma obiense. 



Campephaga melauotis, Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 342 (nee Gould, nee 



Gray). 

 Edoliisoma obiense, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Gmov. xii. p. 329. 



Adult (Obi Major, May 1875 ; type of species). General colour 

 above slaty blue, the least wing-coverts like the back ; median and 

 greater wing-coverts black, broadly edged with slaty blue ; bastard 

 plumes black ; primary-coverts black, narrowly margined with slaty 

 grey ; quills black, the primaries narroMly, the secondaries broadly 

 margined with slaty blue ; two centre tail-feathers ashy grey, with 

 a large subterminal black mark, the rest of the tail blacki tipped with 

 ashy, the outer feather more broadly ; feathers at base of bill, lores, 

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

 of under surface of body" slaty blue, a little darker than the back ; 

 edge of wing dull slaty blue ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and 

 inner lining of quills ashy grey. Total length 9 inches, culmeu 0-8, 

 wing 4-6, tail 3-7, tarsus 0-9. (Mus. Civic. Genov.) 



Hah. Obi group of islands, Moluccas ; 8ula Islands. 



a. S fid. sk. Sula Islands. A. E. Wallace, E.^q. [C.]. 



