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white ; tail-feathers blackish, the two outer feathers tipped with 

 white, broader on the outermost ; from the base of the bill a broad 

 white eyebrow extending to above the ear-coverts and slightly 

 washed with grey ; in front of the eye a spot of dusky blackish, as 

 also a line behind the eye ; feathers round the eye white, except 

 where the eyelid joins the black line through the eye ; cheeks and 

 car-coverts white, the latter dusky on their upper margin ; entire 

 under surface of body pure white, with tiny specks of zigzag cross 

 lines on the fore neck and throat ; thighs grey with white edgings ; 

 quills dusky blackish below, greyish white along the inner webs. 

 Total length 7"G inches, culmenO-65, wing 3-75, tail 3"15, tarsus 0"8. 



Youmj fhnale. Earthy brown above, the head with mesial shaft- 

 streaks of blacldsh : least wing-coverts brown, the median series 

 rusty buff with black mesial bases ; greater coverts and quills brown 

 edged with rusty, broader on tho secondaries ; lower back and rump 

 dull grey with whitish margins, the long upper tail-coverts rusty 

 brown shaded with grey and tipped with whitish ; tail-feathers 

 brown, all tipped with white, broader on the outermost ; eyebrow 

 rusty buff : ear-coverts dusky, with white centres to the feathers ; 

 cheeks and under surface of body buft'y white, with dusky bars on 

 the flanks. 



Two nearly adtilt males are grey like tho adult, with rusty tips to 

 the feathers of the head and back. 



Hah. Island of Celebes ; Sula Islands. 



a. c? ad. sk. Menado. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 



h, c. S inim. sk. Makassar. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.'. 



d. 5 juv. sk. Makassar. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



9. Lalage leucoptera. 



Campephaga leucoptera, Schl. N. T. D. iii. p. 45. 



Adult male (Kordo, Misori, May 20, 1875, Beccari). General 

 colour above glossy blue-black, including the lores, sides of face, and 

 ear-coverts ; cheeks and entire under surface of body pure white, 

 including the under wing-coverts and axillaries ; thighs black ; 

 least wing-coverts like the back ; median and greater series pure 

 white, the outermost greater coverts black tijjped broadly with white, 

 the innermost more or less black on the inner web ; bastard plumes, 

 piimary-coverts, and quills black, the inner secondaries externally 

 white, forming a large white wing-patch continuous with the white 

 coverts ; tail black, with a narrow edging of blue-black to the feathers, 

 the two outei-most of which have a small white tip. Total length 

 7*5 inches, culmen 0-55, wing '4-2, tail 3-0, tarsus 0-9. (J/i<5. Civic. 

 Genov.) 



Adult female (Kordo, May 11, 1875, Beccari). Brown where 

 the male is blue-black, with a more distinct gloss on the head, the 

 feathers of the rump and upper tail-coverts with grey edges ; the 

 white under surface and wing-markings as in the male ; ear-coverts 

 brown, with narrow whitish shaft-lines on the lower parts. Total 



