lC.j 



0. 



c. 



G. 





9. LALAGE. 105 



round the eye a ring of hoary white feathers ; ear -coverts slate- 

 colour with distinct white shaft-lines ; cheeks white, barred like the 

 throat ; quills ashy below, lighter along the edge of the inner 

 web. Total length 7'7 inches, wing 3'8, tail 3'3, tarsus 0-75. 



Young birds resemble the old female, but have generallj- remains 

 of mottling on the upper surface, the feathers having a white tip, 

 preceded by a subtcrminal line of black ; all the quills are tipped with 

 white, the inner secondaries having a subtcrminal second mark of 

 white. A specimen marked V. meJanoptera, Bp., from " Pulo- 

 Pinang," seems identical, but has the dark under tail-coverts whitish 

 towards the tips of these feathers. 



Hah. Malacca, Sumatra, Eorneo. 



o,^- c? ? ad. sk. Kessang, Malacca. M. Bouvier. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Malacca. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



d. S ad. sk. Pulo-Pinang. Pm-chased. 

 e,f. cJ .jnv. sk. Sumatra. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 

 i/. 2 «d. sk. Sarawak, Borneo. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 

 h, i. ^ ad. ; k. Juv. sk. Sarawak. Henry Everett, Esq. 

 /. S ad. sk. Tagora, Sarawak. Heniy Everett, Esq 

 m, n. S 2 ad. sk. N.W. Borneo. Hugh Low, Esq. [C 

 o,p. c? $ ad.; q. Juv. sk. Lumbidan. Governor Ussher [C 



16. Lalage monacha. 



Campephaga monacha, Hartl S,- Fitisch, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 99. 

 Volvocivora monacha, Finsch, Journ. 3Ius. Godcffr. Heft viii. Taf. 3. 

 figs. 2 & 3. 



Adult male. General colour above dark bluish slate-colour, the 

 least wing-coverts like the back ; median coverts black, broadly 

 edged with grey like the back ; greater coverts black edged with 

 grey, inclining to hoary grey on the extreme margin ; bastard 

 plumes and primary-coverts black ; quills black, with narrow hoary 

 grey margins ; two centre tail-feathers ashy grey, tipped with lighter 

 grey, before which there is an extensive subterminal mark of black; 

 remainder of the tail-feathers black, tipped with ashy grey ; nasal 

 plumes, feathers in front of the eye, and sides of face black, the ear- 

 coverts slightly shaded with grey ; throat blackish, gradually shading 

 off into the slaty-grey colour of the rest of the under surface ; under 

 wing-coverts like the breast ; quills dusky below, the inner webs 

 conspicuously white towards the base. Total length 7'3 inches, cul- 

 men 0-7, wing 3-85, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. General colour above brown, with ashy margins 

 to the feathers of the head ; rump and upper tail-coverts rusty buff, 

 barred with blackish ; wing-coverts edged with rufous or rufous-buff, 

 the quills also with rufous margins ; centre tail-feathers fulvous 

 brown, the other feathers dark brown, tipped with reddish buff, more 

 broadly towards the outermost feather, which is also rufous along 

 the outer web ; lores and feathers at base of forehead duU white ; 

 above the eye a faintly indicated rufous eyebrow ; round the eye a 

 ring of rufous-bufif feathers ; feathers in front of the eye and upper 



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