collected in Dutch New Guinea. 119 



cross-lines on the underparts, but in a less mature bird 

 (No. 38) the barring is present on the breast, sides, and 

 flanks, but only faintly indicated. Wing 93-94 mm. Iris 

 black ; bill black ; feet slaty-black. 



Adult female. The breast is much greyer than in the 

 females of L. karu or of L. k. polygrammica, the cinnamon- 

 buff of the underparts being confined to the middle o£ the 

 belly and hardly extending beyond the basal part of the 

 breast ; whereas in L. karu the cinnamon wash usually extends 

 to the throat and suffuses the whole under surface. Wing 

 89-91 mm. : one individual (No. 70) 96 mm. Iris brown ; 

 bill black ; feet ash-colour. 



The immature female is easily distinguished by having 

 the greater primary wing-coverts bordered towards the tip 

 with white, as in No. 81. 



" This little Cuckoo-Shrike or Caterpillar-catcher, as Gould 

 calls it, was only seen in pairs near the coast, frequenting 

 the lower trees in the Wakatimi jungle and the mangrove- 

 swamps along the coast." — C. H. B. G. 



Lalage karu polygrammica. 



Lalagel karu (Less.' et Garn.) ; Hartert, N. Z. v. p. 525 

 (1898). 



Lalage karu polygrammica Gray ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. 

 X. p. 210 (1903), xix. p. 202 (1912). 



a. ^ . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 14th Oct. 1912. 

 iC.B.K.I 



This adult male appears to be typical L. k. polygrammica 

 from the Aru Islands. The type-specimen collected by 

 Wallace is in the British Museum. 



It ranges to the Kei Islands in the west and to British New 

 Guinea as far as the Kumusi River and Milne Bay, in the east. 



The typical form, L. karu (Less, et Garn.), occurs in New 

 Ireland, where the type was obtained, also in Duke of York I., 

 New Britain, Rook I., and the Louisiade Archipelago. 



Birds from Fergusson I. and Goodenough I. seem to be 

 somewhat intermediate between L. karu and L. k. poly- 

 grammica \cf. N. Z. V. p. 525], and, with the advent of more 

 material, it may be necessary to se})arate them subspecifically. 



