122 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



& Hartert. I do not think that any great importance can be 

 attached to these characters, which are partially due to age, 

 the younger examples being redder. Females differ con- 

 siderably inter se, and I cannot find any constant differences 

 which would justify the recognition of more than one 

 form. Further material is required before any final conclu- 

 sion can be arrived at. 



Two examples (Nos. 661 & 793) from Parimau are very 

 richly coloured rufous birds with a marked cinnamon-rufous 

 collar across the hind neck and rufous edges to the outer 

 webs of the secondary quills : no doubt these individuals are 

 not fully mature. 



The young male from Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 

 resembles the female, but has no cinnamon collar on the 

 hind-neck, the tail-feathers are pointed, and the under m^an- 

 dible has the basal two-thirds pale yellowish-brown in the 

 dry skin instead of black. Two males. No. 1082 and a bird 

 from Launch Camp in partially mature plumage, are also 

 interesting specimens and worthy of note. 



The British Museum possesses two females of E. melas 

 from Humboldt Bay, collected by Mr. W. Goodfellow. 



The female of E. m. tommasonis Roths. & Hartert [N. Z. 

 X. p. 206 (1903)], from Jobi Island, has the upperparts much 

 brighter rufous, and is evidently distinct. 



"This was one of the commonest of the Cuckoo-Shrikes, 

 and was met with everywhere except on the coast. It was 

 usually to be found in pairs, and frequented the middle 

 branches of the larger trees and the tops of the smaller 

 ones." — C.H.B. G. 



Edoliisoma plumbea. 



Edoliisoma tenuirostre Sharpe (nee Jard.), Cat. iv. p. 55 

 (1879) [part.]. 



Edoliisoma aruense Sharpe ; id. Cat. iv. p. 52 (1879). 



Edoliisoma amboinense niulleri Salvad. ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. X. p. 208 (1903), XX. p. 500 (1913). 



Edoliisoma amboinense aruensis Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x, 

 p. 209 (1903). 



Edolisoma plumbea (Miill.) ; van Oort, p. 88 (1909). 



