EDOLISOMA. 487 



Iris dark; bill, legs, and nails black. Lengtli, about 260; measurements 

 of four males, wing, 127 to 136 ; tail, 109 to 127 ; bill from nostril, 18 to 

 20 ; depth of bill at angle of gonys, 8.1 to 8.4. 



Female. — Under parts uniform dull smoke-gra}'; above darker and 

 nearly black; upper tail-coverts edged with smoke-gray; wings and tail 

 black, slightly glossed with green. "Wing, 125; tail, 115; culmen from 

 base, 23; bill from nostril, 18; tarsus, 21. 



The single egg secured by WTiitehead in Benguet Province, Luzon, 

 March 14, 1894, was taken from the bird. The egg is thus described : 



^'Shape ovate. Ground-color pale blue, spotted and dotted over the 

 entire shell. Ilnder-markings gray and grayish lilac; over-markings dark 

 brown. Measurements 29 mm. by 21 mm." (Grant and WJcitehcad.) 



454. EDOLISOMA ALTERUM Ramsay. 



CEBIT CTICKOO SHRIKE. 



Edoliosonta alteru)ti Ramsay, Ibi.s (1881), 34. 



Edoliisoma alterum Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 294; McGregor and 

 Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 77. 

 Cebu {Everett, Bourns <£• Worcester, McGregor) . 



Male. — Very similar to the male of E. ccer-ulescens being entirely black ; 

 all the plumage slightly glossed with dark green. Iris brown ; bill, legs, 

 and nails black. Length, about 260 ; measurements of four males, wing, 

 126 to 136; tail, 110 to 120; bill from nostril, 18 to 19; depth of bill at 

 angle of gonys, 8 to 9. 



Female. — Similar to the female of F. ccerulescens, but much lighter; 

 head, neck, and body slate-gray, somewhat darker above than below; two 

 or three pairs of outer tail-feathers tipped with gray. Wing, 130; tail, 

 117; culmen from base, 25; bill from nostril, 19; tarsus, 22. 



'"This cuckoo shrike is fairly common in Cebu; it usually frequents 

 high trees in forest where it may be found in small flocks. Seven males 

 average: Length, 260; wing, 129; tail, 120; culmen, 28; tarsus, 23; 

 middle toe with claw, 23. Four females, length, 249; wing, 120; tail, 

 113 ; culmen, 28 ; tarsus, 22; middle toe with claw, 21. Iris dark brown; 

 bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Food in one case large caterpillars." 

 {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



455. EDOLISOMA PANAYENSE Steere. 



VISAYAN CUCKOO SHRIKE. 



Edoliisovia {(Jraucalus) panayensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere 



. Exped. (1890), 14. 

 Edoliisoma panayense Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 103; Sharpe, Hand-List 

 (1901), 3, 294; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 77. 

 Guiniaras (Hteere Exp.) ; Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, 

 Whitehead, Keay) ; Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) . 



