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Young birds have the crown like the back, the throat yellowish white, the quills 

 outwardly margined with pale rufous. 



There is a good series of this distinct species, the differences of which from its 

 nearest ally, the P.fulvotincta, are given in the original diagnosis in the B. 0. C. 



27. Graucalus sumbensis A. B. Meyer. 



Two specimens, both said to be females, of this very good species. They differ 

 from a male, the type, described by Meyer in Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, 1881, 

 p. 765, in having the throat pale grey like the breast, not blackish, in having 

 no black frontal line, the head grey like the back, the breast pale grey, shading 

 off into the white abdomen, under tail-coverts white. Wings 178 and 182 mm. 

 This species is distinct from all other known species. 



*28. Edoliosoma dohertyi sp. nov. 



Edoliosoma speciei E. emancipata dictae similis, sed capitis lateribus gulaque 

 tota nigerrimis haud difficile distinguenda. 



<? ad. Above light bluish slate-grey, just a shade darker on the head and 

 neck, and a shade lighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts. Primaries and 

 primary-coverts black, greyish white towards the base of the inner webs. Inner 

 primaries with small greyish white tips. Secondaries black, with outer webs 

 broadly margined with light lavender-grey, inner webs greyish white. Upper 

 wing-coverts light grey, darker towards the outer edge of the wing. Forehead, all 

 the feathers from the base of the bill to the upper margin of the eye, ear-coverts, 

 sides of head, and entire throat black, this black quickly shading off into the dark 

 grey breast. Abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts dark grey. Rectrices, except 

 the two innermost, black with grey tips, which diminish in size towards the middle. 

 Central pair of rectrices dark grey, with broad black subterminal patches and a tiny 

 grey tip. Under wing-coverts dark grey. Total length about 240 mm. ; wing 

 125126 ; tail 110 ; culmen 25 ; tarsus 23. 



No female procured. 



This interesting new species is, so to say, one step further in the development 

 than the E. emancipata described antea, p. 170. While the male of the latter 

 species differs from the male of E. timoriense in having black lores and ear-coverts, 

 in this respect closely resembling the male of E. amboinense, this species has still 

 more black, the whole throat being of this colour. Unfortunately the relations of 

 the female are unknown, as two males only were shot. 



29. Lalage timoriensis (S. Miiller). 

 A large series from Sumba, exactly like those from other islands. 



30. Alseonax latirostris (Gray). 



A large series of this common wanderer from the north, with beaks rather long, 

 viz. 16 mm. They may belong to a large-beaked race. 



31. Culicicapa ceylonensis (Sw.). 



Some rather poor skins show no differences from typical 0. ceylonensis. 



