100 CAMPOPHAGIDJE. 



length 7-2 iuclies, culuien 0-55, wing '&dii, tail 3, tarsus 0-8. 

 {Mtis. Cii'ic. Oe)iov.) 



Hah. Island of Misori in the Bay of (xeelvink, New Guinea. 



a.b. S 2 iid. sk. Kordo, Misori, April 187;5 Dresden Museum. 



{Dr. A. B. Meyer). 



10. Lalage whitmeei. 



Lalage whitmeei, Shurpe, Mitth. k. zuol. Mus. Dreschn, Heft iii. 



Adult male. General colour above glossy black, with only the 

 faintest shade of green ; sides of the neck white, encroaching behind 

 so as to form a half-collar ; lesser wing-coverts margining the edge 

 of the wing black, the rest of the lesser coverts as well as the median 

 series pure white, the former with black mesial streaks fonning a 

 conspicuous shoulder-patch ; greater coverts black, with broad white 

 endings to the outer webs ; primary-coverts black, narrowly tipped 

 with white ; quills black, the primaries narrowly margined with 

 white, the secondaries more broadly ; some of the outer scapulars 

 with white terminal spots ; long upper tail-coverts with a shade of 

 grey ; tail-feathers black, all tipped with white, increasing in extent 

 towards the outermost, which are very broadly tipped with white ; 

 a broad white eyebrow from the base of i\\e nostrils to the sides of 

 the nape, succeeded by a broad streak through the eye from the base 

 of the bill to the nape ; ear-coverts, sides of face, and entire under 

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

 quills at base of the inner web ; thighs white, with blackish bases. 

 Total length G-4 inches, eulmen 0-65, wing 3-9.5, tail 2-S, tarsus 1-05. 



Female {not quite adult). Black Hke the male, but with a few 

 remains of greyish edges to the rump-feathers and ujjper tail- 

 coverts ; scapulars externally spotted with white at the tip ; sides of 

 the body below with dusky zigzag cross lines. Total length 6-8 

 inches, wing 4-05, tail 3-1, tarsus 1-05. 



Obs. This species appears to be quite distinct from L. padjica, 

 from which it differs in its black rump. The female bird is not 

 quite mature, and shows that in the young plumage it resembles the 

 young of L. pacifica. Another difference is seen in the white spots 

 on the scapulars, and also in the very broad white tips to the tail- 

 feathers. 



Hah. Savage Island. 

 o. <S ad. sk. Savage Island. J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 



h. $ jun. sk. Savage Island. J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.I. 



c. Ad. sk. Savage Island. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



d. Juv. sk. Purchased. 



11. Lalage banksiana. 



Lalage banksiana. Gray, Attn. 8r Mag. N. H. 1870, p. .329 ; id. in 



Brenchley' s Cruise of the Curagoa, App. p. 372, pi. 10 ; Layard, Ibii, 



1878, p. 273. 



Adidt male (type of species). General colour above purplish black, 



the feathers long and silky and white at the base ; upper tail-coverts 



