CORACINA CZSIA 221 
song is a soft duid-duid, which is answered back by a pro- 
longed schi from the female, and that the song, though not 
so loud, resembles that of Laniarius lugubris. 
Coracina graueri. 
Coracina graueri, Neumann, Bull. Bt. Orn. Cl. xxiii. p. 11 (1908), Lake 
Albert Edward District. 
Adult. Above very dark slate with bluish tinge becoming sooty on the 
wings and tail; below, the throat dark ashy grey, distinctly marked off from 
the white of the rest of the under parts, including the under wing- and tail- 
coverts; a slight greyish wash on the flanks; bill smaller and more slender 
than that of C. pectoralis. Iris and bill black, feet grey. Length about 9-0, 
wing 4:45, tail 4:20, culmen 0:50, tarsus 0°85. ‘‘ Forest, 90 klm. west of Lake 
Albert Edward,” February 14, 1908, ? (Grauer). 
The type is marked ¢ by the collector, a second example 
also marked ? has a smaller wing, 4°20; possibly the larger 
bird is a male and wrongly sexed. 
Only known from the two specimens collected by Mr. 
Grauer, now in the Tring Museum. 
Coracina cesia. 
Ceblepyris czesia, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 51 (1823) Kaffraria. 
Graucalus cxsius, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv. p. 26 (1879) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. 
No. 683 (1896); Stark and Sclater, Faun. S. Afr. B. ii. p. 275 
(1901); Shortridge, Ibis, 1904, p. 190 Pondoland ; Taylor, Journ. 
§. Afr. Orn. Union 1906 p. 41, Transvaal ; id. ibid, 1909 p. 85. 
Coracina cxsia, Reichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 514 (1903). 
Ceblepyris levaillantii, Temm. Pl. Col. iii. livr. 42, Genre Ceblephyris 
Esp. 2 (1825). 
L’Echenilleur Gris, Levaill. Ois. d’Afr. iv. p. 47, pls. 162, 163 (1805). 
Adult male.—Plumage leaden grey, slightly whiter round the eye and 
towards the forehead, the latter narrowly margined in front with dusky 
black; a black loral patch; quills, greater wing-coverts, and the tail, with 
the exception of the centre feathers, black. Iris dark brown; bill black ; 
feet dark grey. Total length 9-7 inches, culmen 0°75, wing 5-1, tail 4°7, 
tarsus 0°9. Zululand (Gordge). 
