Genus — K A R U A . 
Karua Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. IT., pts. 2-3, 
p. 59, Oct. 23, 1913. Type (by original designation) Campephaga leucomela 
Vigors and Horsfield. 
I separated this as : “ Differs from Lalage Boie in its smaller bill and different 
wing formation ; in Lalage the first primary is short, less than half the second 
which is little shorter than the third, which is longest ; in Karua the first 
primary is proportionately much longer, more than half the second, which is 
considerably shorter than the third, which is longest.” 
The bill is a little shorter than in the preceding genus, but is broader and 
deeper with the nostrils hidden by the frontal feathers and a few prominent 
rictal bristles can be observed. 
The wing is more rounded in shape, the first primary being longer and 
broader as above noted, the second less than the sixth, the third, fourth and 
fifth being subequal, the third generally the longest. 
The tail is broad and rounded, about five-sixths the length of the wing. 
The tarsus shows a few scutes anteriorly as in the preceding genus. 
Coloration somewhat as in the preceding genus, but in the male breeding 
plumage there is no white wing-bar, and the under tail-coverts are bright 
buff ; the female shows a more advanced state than the female of the former, 
approximating more to that of the male. 
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