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Campepliaga melsena, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860. p. 345. 

 Campephaga melas, Meyer, Sitz. Wien. Akad. LXIX, p. 389. 

 Edoliisoma melas, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. VII. p. 772. 



a. (-f juv. Nappan, New Guinea^ Mai 1878. 



6. c. cf 9 ad. d. t^ juv. Kubi, New Guinea, Mai 1873. 



e. f. g. h. o' ad. Passim, New Guinea, June 1873 

 i. k. (f ad. l o ad. Ansus, Jobi, April 1873. 



The Jobi Island specimens are not to be distinguisbed from tbose of New Giünea though tbe female 

 is a little rieber rufous. The black plumage of tbe adult male is gained apparently by a double action of 

 the feathers. At first tbe young male is rufous like tbe old female and tben tbe featbers of tbe back and 

 breast as well as tbe tail- featbers gradually cbange to black, wbile tbe black quills are gained by a 

 direct moult. 



2. Edoliisoma niotitamim. 



Campepbaga montana, Meyer, Sitz. k. Akad. Wien, LXIX. p. 386. 

 Edoliisoma montanum, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. VII. p. 927. 



a. 6. c? $ Arfak Mountains, July 1873. Types of species. 



A very distinct species of Edoliisoma, of wbicb I bave already examined a pair, lent to me by 

 Count Salvadori, wbile tbe British Museum has also recently procured a specimen from M. Laglaize's 

 expedition. Tbe male is easily recognized by its grey upper surface and totally black under surface, wbile 

 tbe female, tbougb grey above and below like some of the other species of Edoliisoma, is told at a glance 

 by its perfectly black tail. 



The typical specimens lent by Dr. Meyer, measnre as follows: 



Long. tot. . L'ulm. alfe. 



a. (f ad. Arfak Mountains 9.2. 0.75. 5.3. 



h. ad. - - 8.8. 0.8. 5.0. 



The dimensions agree nearly precisely with the pair lent to me by Count Salvadori. The female 

 obtained by Dr. Meyer is not fully adult, and has tbe inner secondaries and tbe outer tail-featbers tipped 

 v?ith white, wbile the under tail-coverts are rufous, barred with dark slate-colour. Tbe young bird will 

 probably be eutirely of the latter colour below. 



3. JEdoliisoma salvadoril, Shar^e. 



a. -J ad b. c. 9 ad. Tambukan, Great Sangi Island. 



This is quite a distinct species and a curious one shewing how, as in tbe rest of tbe genus, the 

 males may be closely allied, when tbe females are quite different. Tbe foUowing diagnosis will explain 

 tbe distinctive cbaracters. 



cf ad. similis mari E. ceramensis, sed saturatior et plumbescenti-schistaceus, nee pallide cinerascenti- 

 scbistaceus. Long. tot. 8.5, culm. 0.8, alae 4.85, cauda 3.8, tarsi 0.95. 



9. a speciebus affinibus sat diversa: similis E. morioni et subtus regulariter albo cinereoque trans- 

 fasciata: subcaudalibus fulvescenti — albis nee cinnamomeis: tectricibus alarum seeundariisque externe albo 

 nee cinerco marg-inatis. Long. tot. 8.6, culm 0.8, aloe 4.85, caudae 3.8, tarsi 0.9. 



I bave called this new species, according to Dr. Hey er 's special request, after our mutual friend 

 Count Salvadori, this keen observer on bis visit to tbe Dresden Museum in the year 1877 having im- 

 mediately suspected that these specimens belong to an undescribed species, wbile Dr. Meyer then did not 

 venture to seperate it from E. morio, bis materials of comparision beeing insufficient. 



