EUPETES CA3RULESCENS, Temm. 
Blue-bodied Eupetes. 
Eupetes carulescens, Temm. PI. Col. ii. pi. 574 (1835).— Miill. Naturl. Geschied. Land- u. Yolkenk. p. 22 
(1839-44).— Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 208 (1846).— Bp. Consp. i. p. 252 (1850).— Sclater, Proc. Linn. Soc. 
1858, p. 158.— Gray, Cat. Mamra. & B. New Guin. p. 25 (1859).— Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 167 (1865).— 
Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 267 (1869).— Sclater, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 696. 
The genus Eupetes is no doubt one of the great group of strong-legged Thrushes, or Tmalndce, so plenti- 
fully distributed throughout the tropical portions of the Old World ; but, like many of the genera contained 
in the family, its systematic, position is extremely difficult to define. Indications, however, of a more 
intimate acquaintance with these birds are not wanting ; for whereas the present species has remained for 
thirty-five years represented by a single unique specimen in the Leiden Museum, it has been rediscovered 
by Signor D’Albertis, while the same traveller and his companions, Drs. Bruijn and Beccari, have 
succeeded in discovering no less than three new species in the northern part of New Guinea. The only 
remaining member of the genus is the Eupetes ajax , of Malacca, a bird plentiful enough in collections. 
It cannot be expected that so rare a species should have much of a history attached to it; and, indeed, 
up to the present time no notes whatever have been published respecting it. D’Albertis met with it in 
Andai, in North-western New Guinea ; and it was originally discovered by the well-known travellers 
Macklot and Von Mueller in Lobo Bay. 
My figure is taken from a specimen kindly lent me by Signor D’Albertis, through Dr. Bennett, of Sydney, 
to whom I make my best acknowledgments for the loan. It represents an adult bird of the size of life. 
As far as I yet know, there is no different colouring in the sexes. The bird which is figured in the Plate 
is nearly uniform delicate bluish grey ; throat white, surrounded by a collar of black, including the 
ear-coverts and lores ; the under part of the tail sooty grey ; bill and legs black. 
