Birds of Celebes: Campophagidae. 41 Q 



* 159. EDOLIISOMA MORIO (S. Mull.). 



Celebesian Slaty Cuckoo-shrike. 



Plate XXII. 



a. Ceblepyris morio (1) S. MiilL, Verb. Natuiirk. Comm. 1839—43, 189. 



h. Campephaga morio (1) Gray, Gen. B. 184(5, I, 283, Nr. 39; (2) Bp., Oonsp. 1850, I, 353; 



(3) Hartl, J. f. 0. 1865, 155; (4) Finsch, Neu Guinea 1866, 172; (5) Eosenb., 



Malay. Arcliip. 1878, 273. 



c. Campephaga melanolaema (1) Gray (nee Temm.) ELL. 1869, I, 338, Nr. 5099 (fide 



Wald. dl). 



d. Volvocivora morio (i) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, Vin, 69, pi. VLH, fig. 1; (2) Bruggem., 



Abh. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 71; (3) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 130; (4) Hart., Nov. Zool. 

 1896, 156; (5) id., ib. 18!i7, 162. 



Edoliisoma morio (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1875, VII, 657; (2) Sbarpe, Mittb. 

 Mus. Dresden 1878, HI, 369; (3) id., Cat. B. 1879, IV, 54; (4) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 

 1881, n, 150; (5) W. Bias., J. f. O. 1883, 137; (6) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 553; 

 (VII) Meyer, Abb. v. Vogelskel. 1892, I, pi. CLXVII, p. 41; (8) Biittik., Zool. 

 Erg. Weber's Eeise Ost-Ind. 1893, III, 278; (9) Sbarpe, Bull. B. 0. C. 1893, 

 Nov. 28*; Ibis 1894, 122; (10) M. &Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 9; 

 (11) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 1, 10; (12) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 2, 15. 



"Toktok ruoit", Minabassa, Guillem. 6. 



"Maspas rangdang", Q, Minabassa, Nat. Coll. 



"Maspas posi posi", q^, Minabassa, iid. 



"Uwentang". Tonkean, E. Celebes, iid. 



Figures and descriptions. Walden d I\ Meyer F77 (skeleton); S. Miiller a 1\ Hartlaub 



h 3; Briiggemann d 2; Sbarpe 8. 

 -dult male. Bluisb slate -grey, terminal foui'tb of tbe two middle tail-featbers black, tbe 

 otbers black, tbe two outermost tipped witb slate-grey for 10 mm ca. ; wings black, 

 bordered witb cinereous, very broadly on tbe secondaries and greater wing -coverts; 

 lesser wing-coverts like tbe back; lores, superciliary line, sides of face, 

 ear-coverts, cbin and tbroat black, becoming blackisb slaty on tbe breast wbicb 

 passes into slate-grey bke tbe upper surface on tbe remaining under parts, but ratber 

 darker; under wing-coverts slate-grey; quills below dusky smoke -grey, inner 

 webs wbere tbey rest upon tbe sides of tbe body wbite; tail below black (near 

 Tondano, [rf], Aug.-Sept. 1892: Nat. Coll. — C 10803; Rurukan, cf, 15. VIH. 84: 

 Platen in Mus. Nebrkorn, Nr. 937). Ii'is brown; bill and feet black (Platen ib.). 



Adult female. Above like tbe male but paler; in front of eye dusky; entire under 

 surface and under wing-coverts cinnamon, closely barred witb blackisb (as in 

 tbe Wryneck, lynx torqiiilla], except on [tbe under tail- coverts wbicb are uniform 

 cinnamon. (Rurukan, Q, 15. VHI. 84: Platen in Mus. Nebrkorn.) Quills below 

 wbere they rest upon tbe sides of tbe body buffj' instead of wbite ([$ ? juv.] Ma^- 

 nado, C 52il). "Bill black; legs black, feet below yellowisb; ii-is dark" (P. & P. S.). 



Immature in changing plumage. Like the female, but the quills and greater wing-coverts 

 margined with pale cinnamon and the latter broadly tipped on the outer web witb 

 the same colour, a small black bar running across the cinnamon mark; some of the 

 lesser wing-coverts still tipped with cinnamon (Lotta, 18. V. 93: Nat. Coll. — 

 C 12177). 



Young. The young of both sexes appear to differ fi-om the female adult as above. 



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