9. LALAGE. 107 



Lalage polvgrammica, Gray, T. Z. S. 1858, p. 193 ; JIarll. J. f. O. 



1865, p. 108 ; Pelz. Vcrh'z.-b. Wien, 1872, p. 429. 

 Campephaga (Lalage) polvgrammica, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 435. 



Adult male. General coloiir above glossy greenLsh black, rather 

 more steel-blaek on the head ; least wing-coverts greenish black like 

 the back, the median series white with black bases, the greater series 

 black with white tips ; qnills black, the primaries very narrowly 

 edged with white, much broader on the outer edge of the secondaries ; 

 rump grey, with subterminal black spots to the feathers ; upper tail- 

 coverts grey, narrowly tipped with white ; tail black, the outer 

 feathers broadly tipped with white, decreasing in extent towards 

 the centre of the tail ; a broad eyebrow rvmning from the base of 

 the nostrils above the ear-coverts ; a broad streak of black run- 

 ning through the eye ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and eyelid white, the 

 upper edge of the ear-coverts black ; under surface of body white 

 with a slight greyish shade ; thighs grey ; vent and under tail- 

 coverts orange-buff or deep fawn-coloirr ; under wing-coverts and 

 lining of quills white : " bill black ; feet blackish grey externally, 

 bluish grey internnlly, light mcalj' ashy grey between the scales and 

 inside the feet; iris dark brown " {Gould). Total length 7"8 inches, 

 culmen 0-G, wing 3-9, tail 3-35, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Dark ashy brown instead of greenish black, the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts greyer, with hoary margins to the 

 feathers ; greater coverts brown with white tips more or less mottled 

 with brown, the greater series broadly edged with white like the 

 secondaries, the primaries being more narrowly margined ; primary- 

 coverts conspicuously tipped with white ; eyebrow as in male, but 

 mottled, with greyish tips to the feathers ; streak through the eye 

 as in male, but duller ; ear-coverts as well as upper and lower mar- 

 gin of ej'clid silvery white ; under surface of bodj' fawn-buff, lighter 

 on the throat, deepening into orange-buff on the vent and imder tail- 

 coverts : thighs grey ; under surface crossed with wavj' lines of dusky 

 blackish, vanishing on the throat and absent on the lower abdomen, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts, which arc more richly coloured ; under 

 wing-coverts white, washed with fawn-colour. Total length 7*o 

 inches, wing 4-8, tail 3-2, tarsus 0"9. 



Young. Browner than the foregoing description, the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts strongly washed with ochraceous, as also the least 

 wiug-coverts : underneath paler buff than in the female, with the 

 bars more broken up. 



Hah. Australia, New Ireland, South-eastern Hew Guinea, Aru 

 Islands. 



Australia. Linnean Society [P.]. 



Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



Rockingham Bay Capt. Stanley [P.]. 



{J. Macqillivray'). 



Dunk Island Capt. Stanley [P.]. 



(J. Macf/illivrai/). 



Port I'^siiigton. Capt. Chambers fP.]. 



2 ad. sk. Ai-ii Islands. A. R. ^YalIace, Esq. [C.]. 



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