12G Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



As ineutioned above, adult males of this species closely 

 resemble males of E. jylumbea, but may be at once recognised 

 by the characters referred to above, viz. the grey lesser 

 and median wing-coverts, grey outer webs of the greater 

 secondary coverts, and the shape of the wing with the 3rd^ 

 4th, and 5th primary quills subequal. The chestnut female, 

 with its head, cheeks, and chin grey, is very distinct from 

 the female of JE. plumbea. An immature female has the 

 grey of the crown washed with chestnut and the ear-coverts 

 and hinder-parts of the cheek mostly rufous instead of grey ; 

 also the chin and upper throat are pale rufous-buff, and the 

 greater primary wing-coverts are margined at the tip with 

 buff. 



Most of the specimens in the collection are in moult. 



The typical form, E. schisticeps, appears to be confined to 

 Misol, and no doubt the male from Etna Bay referred to that 

 species by Dr. van Oort is referable to the present subspecies. 



" This is not a common bird ; in the mountains it was 

 observed in small parties probably consisting of old and 

 young.^ — C. //. B. G. 



Edoliisoma incertum. 



Edoliisoma incertum (Meyer) ; Sharpe, Cat. iv. p. 52 

 (1879) ; Salvad. 0. P. ii. p. 152 (1881) ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. XX. p. 501 (1913). 



a. ? . Iwaka River, 12th Feb. 1911. [No. 1034, 

 C. H. B. G.'] 



A female of this obscure species is a welcome addition to 

 the National Collection, -where it was not previously repre- 

 sented. It is remarkable in being bluish-grey, almost 

 similar to the male in plumage. Of the middle pair of 

 tail-feathers the left is missing, but the right is grey with 

 a small black subterminal spot on the shaft ; the second pair 

 are grey with black tips, and there is some grey on the basal 

 half of the outer web of the third pair. 



Specimens of E. schisticeps poliopse were procured in the 

 same locality, Iwaka River, and males closely resemble this 

 female of E. incertum in general appearance, but the latter 

 is easily recognised by its much stouter bill. 



