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also the quill-liniug. Total length 9-4 inches, culmen 1"1, wing 4'75, 

 tail 4"1, tarsus 1-1. (Mus. Godeffroy.) 



Hah. Island of Uap, Mackenzie group. 



Ohs. Although not adult, the plumage of the tj-pe specimen kindly 

 lent by the Godeffroj- Museum, is so different from any other 

 species that I believe the male, when discovered, will be found to be 

 perfectly distinct. 



18. Edoliisoma grayi. 



Campephaga melanotis, Gray^ P. Z. S. 1860, p. 353 (nee Gould) ; 



Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 171. 

 Graucalus melanotis, Hartl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 441. 

 Graucalus, sp., Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 337. 

 Edoliisoma grayi, Salvad. MSS. 



Adult male. General colour above leaden grej', the lesser wing- 

 coverts like the back, the median and greater series black, externally 

 lighter grey than the back, with a narrow and almost obsolete hoary 

 margin ; primary-coverts and quills black, narrowlj' margined with 

 grey, the secondaries more broadly edged with grey; two centre 

 tail-feathers leaden grey, with a large subterminal spot of black, the 

 rest of the tail-feathers black with ashy spots at the tips, broader 

 on the outer feathers ; nasal bristles, feathers in front of the eye, 

 eyelid, cheeks, and ear-coverts black ; under surface of body leaden 

 grey, with a blackish shade on the chin ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries a little paler grey than the breast ; quills blackish below, 

 hoary whitish along the inner web, greyer on the secondaries. 

 Total length 10-2 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 4-9, tail 4-1, tarsus 0-9. 



Ad idt female. Different from the male. Above warm brown, 

 slightly shaded with ashy, the crown with leaden blue : lesser wing- 

 coverts like the back, median and greater series broadly edged with 

 rufous ; bastard plumes and primary-coverts dark brown, the latter 

 with a very narrow edging of rufous ; quills black, broadly mar- 

 gined with rufous, the primaries rufous at the base, excepting the 

 .shaft of the quills, which is dark brown ; centre tail-feathers rufes- 

 cent, browner at the tip, the remainder dark brown, tipped with 

 rufous, more extensive towards the outermost feather, which is rufous 

 along the outer web also : feathers over the eye and upper and under 

 edge of eyelid rufous-buff ; lores hoary grey ; feathers in front of 

 and behind the eye blackish ; sides of face mottled, the feathers 

 dusky, spotted and streaked with fulvous ; under surface of body 

 rufous-buff, barred with blackish in narrow wavy lines, the under 

 tail-coverts uniform ; under wing-coverts and axillaries deep fawn- 

 colour ; cjiiills ashy brown below, broadly rufous along the inner web. 

 Total length 8-7 inches, culmen 0*9, wing 4-75, tail 3-6, tarsus 0-95. 



Hub. Habnahera or Gilolo, Batchian, Temate, Morty Island. 



a. S ad. sk. Gilolo. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



b. 2 ad. sk. E. Gilolo. A. R. WaUace, Esq. [C.l. 



c. S ad. sk. Batchian. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



d. $ ad. sk. Batchian. Purchased. 



e,f. d juv.sk. Morty Island. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C], 



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