88 E. D. VAN OORT. BIRDS. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 17, Q, Noord River, 9 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 

 N°. 123, Ç ?, Noord River, 24 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 

 N°. 124, Ç, Noord River, 24 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 

 N°. 134, Ç>, Noord River, 24 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 

 N°. 149, Q, Noord River, 26 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 

 N°. 162, Q, Noord River, 26 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 

 N°. 249, çf, Van Weel's kamp, June 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 



Edolisoma plumbea (S. Millier). 



Ceblcpyris plumbea S. Mùller, Verh. Land- en Volkenk. 1839-44, p. 189. 



Edolïisoma mïdleri Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, VII, 1875, P- 9 2 7- — M. Orn. Pap. II, 



1881, p. 153. 

 Edolïisoma tenuirostre, Sharpe, Cat. E. Br. M. IV, 1879, p. 55. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 7, (not sexed), Noord River, 7 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 

 N°. 63, Ç, Noord River, 16 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 

 N°- 345, cf j uv -i Sabang, 15 July 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet dark grey. 



I retain the name given by S. MûLLER to this species ; there is no reason for 

 replacing it, as WAGLER in his Systema avium 1827 mentions only the abbreviated name 

 of v Ccblepyr. plumb." in the genus Corvus sub Corvus Novae-Gnineae. The type-specimens to 

 S. MÙLLER's description are two adult birds from the Utanata River, S. W. New Guinea and a 

 young bird from Timor; the species from Timor is afterwards described by SHARPE as E. timoriensis. 



The birds collected by Mr. LORENTZ are in the female's plumage; in the length of 

 wing they agrée with the type-specimens of plumbea; their wings measure 130, 127 and 128 mm. 



Edolisoma schisticeps (G. R. Gray). 



Campephaga schisticeps G. R. Gray, Gen. B. I, (1846), p. 283. 



Edolïisoma schisticeps, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. IV, 1S79, p. 50. — Salvadori, Orn. Pap. II, 

 1881, p. T48. 



Coll. KOCH : 



CJ 71 , Etna Bay, 3 December 1904. Iris, bill and feet black. 



I mention this bird under the name of schisticeps G. R. Gray; it is however an adult 

 maie, and it can not be decided, whether it belongs to schisticeps or to scliisticeps poliopse Sharpe. 



Edolisoma schisticeps poliopse Sharpe. 



Edolïisoma poliopse Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. London, Zool. XVI, (1882), p. 318. — Salvadori, 

 Orn. Pap. III. 1S82, p. 536. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 409, çf, Alkmaar, 24 August 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 



N°. 432, cf, Resi kamp, 10 September 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 



N°. 433, Ç, Resi kamp, 10 September 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 



The maies are indistinguishable from those of Edolisoma schisticeps (G. R. Gray). In 

 the female the chin, cheeks and earcoverts are slate-coloured. 



