. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. CAMPOOH KKA. 21 CAMPOCH^RA. Campephaga, pt., auct. recent. Campochiera. Salmul Tail of Campocha'ra aloetii. Ennge. Confined to New Guinea. 1. Campochaera sloetii. Campephaga sloetii, Schh<jel, N. T. B. iii. p. 253; Graxj, Hand-I. B ]. p. 339, no. 5126; Meyer, Sitz. k. Akad. Wien, Ixx. p. 125; Salvad. and D'Albert. Ami. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 821. Campephaga aunilenta, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 692, pi. 54'- Meuer P. Z. S. 1874, p. 419. ' ^ ' sloetii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. x. p. 137. Adult male (type of C. aundenta
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. CAMPOOH KKA. 21 CAMPOCH^RA. Campephaga, pt., auct. recent. Campochiera. Salmul Tail of Campocha'ra aloetii. Ennge. Confined to New Guinea. 1. Campochaera sloetii. Campephaga sloetii, Schh<jel, N. T. B. iii. p. 253; Graxj, Hand-I. B ]. p. 339, no. 5126; Meyer, Sitz. k. Akad. Wien, Ixx. p. 125; Salvad. and D'Albert. Ami. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 821. Campephaga aunilenta, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 692, pi. 54'- Meuer P. Z. S. 1874, p. 419. ' ^ ' sloetii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. x. p. 137. Adult male (type of C. aundenta). General colour above golden yellow, inclining to olive on the scapulars : lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts brilliant golden yellow ; wing-coverts black with a greenish gloss, the median series narrowly tipped and the greater series broadly edged with white; primary-coverts and quills black with an obscure narrow edging of green ; the inner secondaries mar- gined with white, slightly tinged with yellow on one or two feathers ; tail-feathers black, obscurely margined with greenish and tipped with white, more broadly on the outer feathers: crown of head bluish grey; base of forehead, lores, sides of face, and ear-coverts, as well as the throat and fore neck, black with a greenish gloss; this black separated from the grey crown by an intervening band of white, which forms an eyebrow ; remainder of under surface bright golden yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, slightly tinged with yellow ; quills ashy brown below, white along their "inner webs ; "bill and feet black: iris black" (D'Albertis). Total length 7-5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 4-15, tail 3-8, tarsus 0-75. (Mus. Civic. Genov.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Departme
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