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10. SYMMORPHUS. ^r 



Type. 



Sjmmorplius, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 14o S. leucopygius. 



Range. Norfolk Island ; New Caledonia ; New Hebrides group. 



Key to the S])ecies. 



a. Greenish black ; rump ochraceous buff; upper taH- 



coverts gi-ey leucopyytus, p. 109. 



b, Bro^vu ; rump ashy buff; upper tail-coverts brown nctvius, p. 110. 



1. Symmorplms leucopygius. 



Svmmorphus leucopvfrius, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 145 ; Grai/, Ibis, 



*18(j2, p. 2-2i}; Marti. J.f. 0. 1805, p. 170. 

 Campephaga leucopygia, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 283 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 389, no. 5130. 

 Campephaga longicaudata, Pelz. Sitz. Akad. Wien, xli. p. 321 ; Gray, 



Ibis, 1802, p. 226. 



Adult male. General colonr above glossy greenish black, the plu- 

 mage soft and fluffy ; rump fawn-buff : upper tail-coverts dark grey ; 

 tail black, the feathers tipped with white, increasing in extent to- 

 wards the outer ones, the last one being black for the basal, and 

 white for the terminal half ; least and median wing-coverts pure 

 white ; greater series black, with white edgings and tips, the inner 

 ones white externally, black on the inner web ; primarj'-coverts and 

 quills black, the primaries narrowly edged with white, the secon- 

 daries more broadly : lores black, mottled with a few white feathers ; 

 lower margin of the eyelid white ; cheeks and ear-coverts yellowish 

 white, extending backwards and occupying the entire sides of the 

 neck ; entire under surface of body light ochraceous buff, the throat 

 white ; under wing-coverts and base of inner web of quiUs white, 

 slightly washed with ochraceous buff ; " iris black " (Brenchlei/). 

 Total length 7-2 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-6, tail 3-5, tarsus 1. 



Ad^llt female. Browner than the male, the head with blackish 

 centres to the feathers ; upper tail-coverts with sandy margins ; 

 wing-coverts washed with sandy buff, some of them edged with 

 brown ; secondaries with sandy margins ; lores whitish, but not 

 forming an eyebrow ; under surface of body as in the male, but 

 with a few remains of zigzag cross markings on the sides of the 

 breast. Total length 7-2 inches, wing 3-4, tail 3-35, tarsus 0-95. 



Hab. Norfolk Island. 



a. S ad. St. Norfolk Island. Dr. Rayner* [C.]. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Norfolk Island. Dr. Ilayner [C.]. 



c. d ad. sk. Norfolk Island, June 1805. J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 



Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



