326 CUCTTLID^. 



Jorino, xiii. p. 318 (1878) ; id. Orn. Fapuasia, p. 368 (1880) ; 



Sfiarpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xyi. p. 428 (1882) ; Guillem, 



P.Z. S. 1885, p. 625; Sakaci. Orn. Fapuasia, App. p. 51 (1889). 

 Eudynamis picatus, S. Mill/. Verh. Land- en Yolk. p. 876, note 



(1839-44) ; Bp. Ci,nxp. Av. i. p. 101 (1850) ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mm. 



Hein. iv. p. 55, uote (1862) ; Cah. Sf Beiehen. J.f. O. ]s7_6, p. 324. 

 Eudyiiamis punctatus {7iec Linn.), pt., Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 101 



(1850) ; Grai/, Cat. B. Neip Guin. p. 40 (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1859, p. 159, 1861, p. 437. 

 Eudynamis rufiTenter, Sclat. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. ii. p. 166 



(1858). 

 Eudynamis orientalis, pt., Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 159 (1865). 

 Eudynamis cyanocepbala {nee Latli.), Sahad. Ann. Mv.s. Civ. Gen. 



ix. p. 17 (1876). 



Adult male. Black, with a greeuish-blue gloss. Total length 

 16'4 inches, culmcn 1*25, wing 8"1, tail 8*5, tarsus 1-3. 



Adult female. Upper half of the head and back of the neck black, 

 with terminal chestnut shaft-stripes, slightly rounder in form towards 

 the sides and base of the neck ; remainder of the upper parts olive- 

 shaded black, and thickly mottled with rufous and buff, in the form 

 of spots on the back and wing-coverts, and of bars on the quills, 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail ; the bars on the tail arched inwards 

 as in the last two species ; under surface buff; chin and upper throat 

 rufous and black, mottled like the crown ; a distinct white loral band 

 bordering the dark portion of the throat ; remainder of the iinderparts 

 of the body and the under wing-coverts narrowly barred with black, 

 broadest on the lower throat, where the bars on the feathers are 

 connected by black shaft-bands. Total length 13-9 inches, culmen 

 1*2, wing 7"6, tail 7*6, tarsus 1-3. 



Immature. Above mottled nifous and black in equal proportions ; 

 crown and back of the neck mostly chestnut, with the black con- 

 densed on the nape, down the centre of the hind neck, and at the 

 sides of the base of the hind neck ; mantle broadly spotted or 

 partially barred with chestnut ; quills, upper tail-coverts, and tail 

 distinctly barred : beneath rich tawny buff, crossed by numerous 

 narrow black bars slightly broader on the lower half of the throat ; 

 chin and upper half of the throat washed with chestnut, mottled 

 with the black of the base and sides of the feathers ; a distinct 

 rufous-white loral band ; under wing-coverts like the breast ; under 

 surface of the quills brownish black barred with rufous : " bill 

 blackish grey ; iris orange-red ; legs olive " ( Woodford). Total 

 length lo-5 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 7'1, tail 8-2, tarsus 1"3. 



Hah. New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands. 



u. c? ad. sk. Blanche Bav, Xew Britain, Seebohm Coll. 



June 12 {G. E. Bichurds). 



b,c. cJ$ad. sk. Duke of York Island {G. Tweeddale Coll, 



Brotcn). 



d,e. (5 2 ad. sk, Dvke of York Island. Eev. G. Brown [C.]. 



f. 5^ imui, sk. Aola, Guadalcanar, >Solomon CM. Woodford, Es(j. 



Is.; June 6. [P.], 



