538 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Graut on the 



E. C{P.rulescenSy though the white vent and under tail-coverts, 

 as well as the white tips to the tail-feathers, would seem to 

 make such an identification almost impossible. 



I add the following key to the five Philippine species of 

 Edoliisoma : — 



A. Vent and under tail-coverts and tips of tail- 

 feathers blact or grey ; no white band down 

 wing. 



a. Plumage entirely black. 



a'. Back glossed with inky bluish U. cartdescens, (S . 



b'. Back slightly glossed with greenish JH. alferum, (^ . 



b. Plumage blackish grey. 



c'. Dark grey of upper parts slightly glossed 



with purplish ; under surface of inner webs 



of quills uniform grey E. ccerulescens, 5 . 



d'. Dark grey of upper parts slightly glossed 



with greenish ; under surface of inner webs 



of quills margined with whitish E. alterum, 5 . 



c. General colour of plumage light grey. 



e'. Band across forehead, lores, sides of face, and 

 throat black. 

 a^. Rump and upper tail-coverts whitish 



grey, much paler than the back E. mindanense, S ■ 



b^. Rump and upper tail-coverts grey, uniform 



in colour with the back E. everetti, cJ . 



/'. Entire head and throat grey like the rest of 

 the upper parts, 

 c^. Rump and upper tail-coverts whitish 



grey, much paler than the back E. mindanense, 5 . 



d"^. Ru mp and upper tail-coverts grey, uniform 



in colour with the back E. everetti, $ . 



B. Vent and under tail-coverts, tips of tail-feathers, 

 and band down wings pure white. 



d. Front of forehead, lores, cheeks, throat, and 



breast black, slightly glossed with greenish . . E. j^anayense, J.. 



e. Entire head, throat, and breast grey like the 



back and belly E. panayense, 2 ■ 



Dr. Sharpe compares his E. everetti with E. morio from 

 Celebes, but although the males are much alike, the females 

 belong to somewhat different sections of the genus, the 

 female of the latter species having the underparts strongly 

 barred with buff and black. E. everetti should uo doubt 



