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



Graucalus melanops, 



Graucalus melanops (Lath.) ; Sharpe, Cat. iv. p. 30 (1879); 

 van Oort, p. 87 (1909). 



a. S imm. Kamura River, 17th May, L910. [No. 1154, 

 6^. C. S.'] 



Iris dark brown -, bill and feet black. Total length in the 

 flesh 33 cm. 



A young male appears to be of this species. The wing 

 measures 190 mm. 



Graucalus papuensis. 



Graucalus j^ccpuensis (Grmel.) ; Sharpe, Cat. iv. p. 39 

 (1879). 



Coracina p. papuensis Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 205 

 (1903), XX. p. 500 (1913). 



a-k. S ? . Mouth of the Mimika River, 29th Nov. 1910- 

 14th March, 1911. [Nos. 8, 46, 92, 111, 116, 129, 140, 167, 

 1159, 1161, C.H.B.G.'] 



I. ? . Upper Mimika River, May 1910. [ W. G.'] 



m-o. $ ? . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, Oct. & 8tli 

 Nov. 1912. {C.B.K.'] 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet very dark slate-colour. 



All these birds belong to the typical G. papuensis, of 

 which the chief distinctive characters usually present are the 

 grey chin and throat, the absence of distinct white margins 

 to the secondary quills, and the darker grey breast and sides 

 of the body. The tail in typical examples from South- 

 western New Guinea and the Arfak Peninsula is rather 

 short and varies from 100-112 mm. Examples from the 

 western Islands of Salawatti, Misol, Obi, Batchian, Ternate, 

 and Grilolo have the tail somewhat longer and the measure- 

 ments vary from 114-131 mm. It does not seem possible 

 to separate these inland-birds from those from the mainland 

 of New Guinea, but should one desire to do so, several names 

 are available. Birds from the Kumusi River, North-east 

 New Guinea, have been separated as G. papuensis meekiana 

 (Roths- & Hartert) ; those from Cooktown, North-east Queens- 

 land, have been named G. liyjjoleucus stalken Mathews. Both 



