93 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 07i the Birds collected 



Family Timeliid^e — Babblers. 



We now come to the Timeline group of birds : of these 

 Ave may mention two striking-looking species of Evpetes. 

 One, E. mcjricrissus, with the plumage slate-blue and the 

 throat white, edged with blacky was met with on the 

 Mimika ; the. other, E. pulclier, Mas only seen further east 

 on the Wataikwa River. It is very similar to the first-named, 

 but. has the crown and back rich chestnut, instead of slate. 

 Both species are ground-birds and usually found in pairs; 

 they arc rather diflicult to procure, as, when disturbed, they 

 instantly conceal themselves among the trunks of the trees 

 and vegetation. The Scimitar-Babblers were represented by 

 the reddish-broAvn Pumatorhinus isldorl. 



Family Campophagid.i^ — Cuckoo-Shrikes. 



The Cuckoo-Shrikes are well represented in the collection, 

 examples of no fewer than eleven species having been obtained. 

 They belong to four genera and vary much in colour : the 

 large Graucalus caruleogrisea has the entire plumage bluish- 

 grey, except the axillaries and under wing-coverts which are 

 pale cinnamon, and the male has a black patch in front of the 

 eye. Another genus, Edoliisoma, is rej)resented by E. melan, 

 of which the male is entirely black, and the female chestnut 

 and brown. A very attractive and brilliantly coloured 

 species is Campochcera sloetii, forming a marked contrast to 

 other members of the group. The greater part of its 

 plumage is orange-yellow, the forehead Avhite, the middle of 

 the crow n yellow, and the wings black and white ; the 

 male has the cheeks, throat, and chest black glossed with 

 dull green, while in the female these parts are dull grey. 

 Several examples of this very rare Cuckoo-Shrike were 

 procured on the Mimika River. It is no doubt most nearly 

 allied to the Mini vets {Pericrocotns) , which inhabit the 

 Indo-Chinese countries and islands, the predominant colour 

 of most of the males being scarlet and that of the females 

 yellow. 



