14. EUDYNAWIS. 327 



G. Eudynamis melanorhyncha. 



Eudvnamis melanorhyncha, <S'. Mlill. J'er/i. Land- en Volk. p. 176, 



note (1839-44) ; Grm/, Gen. B. ii. p. 464 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. Av. 



i. p. 101 (1850) ; C(th. 8f Heine, Mns. Ilein. iv. p. 55, note (1802) ; 



Wald. Ibh, 1809, p. ;144 ; Graii, Hand-/. B. ii. ]). 221, no. 907o ; 



Walcl. Trans. Z. S. viii. pp. 53, 112 (1874) ; Sa/vad. Ann. 3Iu.s. 



Civ. Genov. 1875, p. 050; Brilqq. Ahhandl. nat. Ver. Brem.y, 



p. 59 (1876) ; Lenz, J. f. O. 1877, p. 871 ; Meyer, Ibis, 1879, 



p. 09; Guillem. R Z. S. 1885, p. 550; Bias. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 



1880, p. 90. 

 Euclynaniis facialis, Wall P. Z. S. 1802, p. 339 ; Walden, Ibis, 



1809, p. 345 ; Grai/, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 221, no. 9076 (1870). 

 Eudvuaniis orieDtalis"(«cc L.), Peale, U.S. Ecpl. E.rped. p. 137 (1848) j 



Hartl. Arch.f. Naturrj. xviii. p. 107 (1852). 



Adult male. General plumage black, with a strong blue gloss only 

 slightly tinted with green ; bill black ; iris red : legs dusky slate- 

 colour. Total length lO^ inches, culmen 1-25, wing- S'4, tail 8-3, 

 tarsus 1'3. 



uidalt female. Above chestnut, evenly barred with olive-black, 

 except ou the back of the neck and upper half of the head, which 

 parts are mucli darker and more mottled ; chin and upper half of 

 the throat black and chestnut like the crown, separated from the 

 similar colouring of the head by a broad white loral band ; remainder 

 of the underparts buff, with numerous narrow wavy black bars, 

 broadest on the lower half of the throat ; under wing-coverts similar 

 to the breast and inclining to white ou the edge of the wing; under 

 surface of the quills rufous, slightly paler than the upper siuface, 

 and similarly barred with black ; bill black ; iris red. Total length 

 15 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 7'7, tail 7"5, tarsus 1-2. 



Immature. Above uniform glossy dusky olive, shading into greenish 

 black on the upper half of the head and back of the neck ; tail with 

 a very narrow rusty end ; chin and upper throat black, passing into 

 dusky stone-grey, and then into rufous-buff on the chest and re- 

 mainder of the underparts ; \mder wing-coverts nearly uniform 

 buff; quills uniform dusky black. Total length l.")-5 inches, culmen 

 I'lo, wing 7'0, tail 7"8, tarsus 1-3. 



The nestling is probably entirely black glossed with green ; in the 

 next stage the bars on the breast and under Aving-coverts are very 

 irregularly assumed and the bars on the tail are partially visible ; 

 next the green gloss on the upper parts of the head and neck changes 

 more into blue, and the back and wings become partially mottled 

 with rufous bars, and the tail assumes the full-banded appearance 

 of the adult female. At this stage the uniform black throat becomes 

 mottled with rufous. 



Hah. Celebes and the Sula Islands. 



a. Imm. sk, Celebes. W. W. Saundei-s, E'sq 



[P.]. 

 6. Imm. sk. Celebes. Purchased. 



