418 Birds of Celebes; Campopliagidae. 



30; (3) Salvad., Orn. Pap. II, 1881, 130; (4) id., Agg. 1890, 88; (5) Buller, 

 B. N. Zeal, 'l"* ed. 1888, I, 66; (6) M. & Wg., Abli. Mus. Dresden 1896, Nr. 2, 15. 



"Belajal", Peliiig Island, Nat. Coll. 



For full synonymy and references see Salvador! .3, 4. 



Figure and descriptions. Gould I; Sliariae 2; Salvador! 3; Buller 5. 



Male. Light grey; forehead, face, ear-coverts, chin and throat black; primaries 

 hlaclcish, edged with whitish, secondaries externally grey like the back; tail black, 

 tipped with wliite (c. 20 nun broad in the outermost feathers), middle feathers brownish 

 grey, terminally blacldsh; breast grey like the back, paling into wliite on the ab- 

 domen and under tail-coyerts ; under wing-coverts and quills whei-e they rest 

 upon the body white, distally grey: bill and feet black, paler at base of mandible 

 (Peling Id., V.— Vm. 95: Nat. Coll — C 14569). 



Female. Differs from the male by having the lores and ear-coverts only blackish; forehead, 

 supraloral region, chin, and malar region whitish, throat barred with greyish; breast 

 and sides rather obscurely barred vfith light grey and white (Peling, V. — \'iil. 95: 

 — 14568). 



Measurements. Wing 182— 192 mm; tail ca. 140; tarsus ca.26; bill fr. nostr. 19—20 (Pehngld.). 



Nest and eggs cf. Gould I. 



Distribution. Aiistralia and New Zealand ("accidental visitor" — Buller 5); Pajniasia, tlie 

 Moluccas, Timorlaut, Timor, Sumba (GJ, Pehng (Dresden and Tring Mus.). 



For exact localities cf. Salvador! 3, 4. 



Four examples of this species were recently obtained in Peling by our 

 native hunters. In size they are smaller than Australian specimens, but have 

 a relatively larger bill, though not so large as in one from Sumba. In size 

 they are equal to examples from Aru, Timorlaut, etc. It would be unsafe to 

 predict that the bird varies locally, as it is not strictly stationary in Australia 

 and has straggled to New Zealand, nor can it be safely assumed that it is station- 

 ary in Peling. 



For habits, etc. cf. Gould I. 



It bears some resemblance to G. leucopi/ffius, but is much larger, lighter grey, 

 and the face and throat of the male are black. 



GENUS EDOLIISOMA Jacguin. Pucli. 



A group of species smaller than Graucalus in size, not exceeding the dimen- 

 sions of a Thrush, and differing from Graucalus chiefly by the shorter wing, 

 smaller biU, and the much greater contrast in coloration between the sexes. 

 The wing is less than 6 times the length of the tarsus — about 4 — S'/o times this 

 length ; the males are commonly slate or black in general colour, the females 

 usually either barred below on a pale ground-colour, or saturated with some 

 rufous tint. The females afford the best characters for the species, and the 

 young take after them. The genus is found from Australia to the Philijjpines. 



