92 CAMPOPUAfilD-K. 



series white externally, greenish black on the inner web : (juills 

 greenish black, the secondaries externally white and forming a lon- 

 gitudinal patch along with the white wing-coverts mentioned above ; 

 lower back, rnmp, and upper tail-coverts light grey, with whitish 

 edgings to the feathers ; tail-feathers greenish black, very narrowly 

 tipped with white, the two external ones having a distinct spot of 

 white at the tip ; lores greenish black like the crown ; sides of face, 

 sides of neck, and entire under surface of bodj' pure white, including 

 the under wing-coverts, axillaries, and the quill-lining along the 

 basal half of the inner web. Total length 7'6 inches, culmen 0'75, 

 wing 4-4, tail 3-2. tarsus 0-95. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 

 a. cJ ad. sk. Philippine Islands. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Lalage tricolor. 

 Ceblepyris tricolor, Swains. Zool. Juurn. i. p. 467 : Walden, Tr. Z. S. 



ix. p. 177, note. 

 Ceblepyris bumeralis, Gould, P. Z. S. 18-37, p. 14.3. 

 Campepliatra bumeralis, Gould, B. Austr. fol. ii. p. 283 ; Gray, Gen. 

 B. i. p. 283 ; Rewhenh. Vog. Neuholl. p. 231 ; Gould, Handb. B. 

 Austr. i. p. 204 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 339, no. 5116. 

 Lalage bumeralis, Cah. Mns. Hein. Th. i. p. 60 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 355 ; 

 Hartl. J. f. O i860, p. 355 ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 499 ; 

 Ramsay, 'Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. ii. pt. 2, p. 181. 

 Erucivora bumeralis, Pelz. Reis. Novara, Voy. p. 82. 

 Adult male. General colour above glossy greenish black ; least and 

 median wing-coverts pure white, as also the greater coverts, the 

 latter black on the inner webs, the whole forming a large shoulder- 

 patch ; bastard wing, primary-coverts, and cjuiUs black, the secon- 

 daries with white margins to the outer web ; lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts light grey, the latter with whitish tips ; tail- 

 feathers black, the two outermost tipped with white ; lores black 

 like the crown ; no white eyebrow ; ear-coverts, cheeks, and under 

 surface of body pure white, including the under wing-coverts, 

 axillaries, and the base of the inner web of the quills ; " bill and 

 feet black; iris nearly black" (Gould). Total length 6'7 inches, 

 culmen 0-6, \ving 4-9, tail 3'9, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Brown above, the rump-feathers and np])er tail- 

 coverts narrowly edged with huffy white ; wing-coverts and secon- 

 daries broadly edged with sandy buff; tail brown, with naiTow 

 whitish tips to the feathers, the two oiitermost rather broadly tipped 

 with dull white ; an indistinct rufescent line from the base of the 

 bill above the eye, succeeded by a dusky brown streak through the 

 eye ; ear-coverts dull brown, with white longitudinal centres to the 

 feathers ; cheeks and throat whitish ; rest of under surface of body 

 yellowish buff, with indications of obsolete dusky cross markings on 

 the breast and sides of the body ; under wing-coverts, axillaries, and 

 quill-lining huffy white. 



Vounr/ male. Earthy brown, the sandy buff margins to the wing- 

 coverts and secondaries very broad ; lower back and rump greyer 

 than the rest of the back, with obsolete cross lines of duskj grey ; 



