EDOLISOMA. 487 
Iris dark; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, 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-gray; 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 Whitehead 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. Under-markings gray and grayish lilac; over-markings dark 
brown. Measurements 29 mm. by 21 mm.” (Grant and Whitehead.) 
454. EDOLISOMA ALTERUM Ramsay. 
CEBU CUCKOO SHRIKE, 
Edoliosoma alterum RAMSAY, Ibis (1881), 34. 
Edoliisoma alterum Suarree, Hand-List (1901), 3, 294; McGrecor and 
Worcesrer, Hand-List (1906), 77. 
Cebu (Bverett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor). 
Male.—Very similar to the male of L. cerulescens 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 L. cerulescens, 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, 
Edoliisoma (Graucalus) panayensis Srerre, List Birds & Mams, Steere 
Exped. (1890), 14. 
Edoliisoma panayense Wrirenead, Ibis (1899), 103; Swarpe, Hand-List 
(1901), 3, 294; McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 77. 
Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, 
Whitehead, Keay); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester). 
