334 



h". Tail not black. 



(/". Head, neck, and breast buff, contrast- 

 ing with the wings. 

 /'. Tail of same shade of chestnut as the 



wino' ceJehemis, p. 365. 



■in\ Tail chestnut like the wings andamanensis, p. 366. 



h'". Entire plumage nearly uniform rufous, unirufus, p. 367. 



1. Centropus ateralbus. 



Centropus ateralbus, Less. Fenis<. Bidl. S'c. Nat. vli. p. 113 (1826) ; 



vl. Vol/. Coq., Zool. i. pt. 1, p. 348, pt. 2, p. 620, pi. 34 (1828) ; id. 



Man. Oni. ii. p. 121 (1828); id. Traitc, i. p. 137 (1831); id. 



Hist. Nat. Mamm. ct Ois. p. 2.31, pi. 18. fig. 1 (1837) ; Graij,Gen. B. 



ii. p. 455 (1846) ; Bp. C'rmsp. i. p. 108 (18.j0) ; Pucker. Rev. et May. 



Zoul. 1852, p. 475 ; Bp. Cmsp. Vol Zyqnd. p. 5 (1854) ; Gray, 



Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 35 (1859) ; Sclat. P. Z. <S'. 1869, p. 122 ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 214. no. 8981 (1870) ; Wald. Tr. Linn. Soc. viii. 



p. 56 (1872); ScJ. P.Z.8. 1877, p. 106, 1878, p. 289; Finsch, 



P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 17 ; Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 300 ; Trisfr. J6m, Isrf, 



p. 143 ; Finsc/i, Vog. der Sitdsae, p. 16 (1884) ; North, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. Wales, (2) ii. p. 444 (1887). 

 Nesocentor ateralbus, Cab. ^- Heine, Mas. Hein. iv. p. 119 (1862) ; 



Cab. S) Reichen. J. f. O. 1877, p. 324 ; Salvad. Ann. Mas. Civ. 



Gen. xiii. p. 462 (1878) ; id. Orn. Papuasia, i. p. 384 (1880), iii. 



p. 521 (1882) ; Salvad. Ayy. Orn. Papuasia, p. 52 (1889). 



Adult. Head and entire throat white, with the forehead, a band 

 down the centre of the crown, and portion of the eyebrows black 

 (the amount of the black on the head varying greatly) ; remainder 

 of the plumage black, strongly glossed with violet-blue, with a large 

 white patch on the wing formed by the greater coverts : bill and 

 legs black, irides brown. Total length 21 inches, culmen 1-8, 

 wing 9, tail 11-2, tarsus 2. 



Immatnre. Differs from the adult in the whole crown being 

 black with buff shaft-stripes and partial buff shaft-stripes on the 

 hind neck, upper back, and lesser wing-coverts. It has no white on 

 the wing nor breast, which latter is partially mottled with pale 

 brown bars. Total length 19-6 inches, culmen 1-6, wing 8, tail 12, 

 tarsus 2. 



The amount of white on the plumage is very variable, being 

 sometimes absent from the wing, and frequently present in patches 

 on the breast, while partial or entire albinism is not uncommon. 



Hab. Xew Ireland and New Britain. 



Capt. Lambrick [P.]. 

 Kev. G. Brown [C.J. 

 P. L. Sclater, Esq. 



[P.1 

 Eev. Ct. Brown [C.]. 

 Godeffroy Museum. 



Tweeddale CoU. 



