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larger than others but the differences are too sHght to be dependable 

 in such a small series. Average measurements of males from the 

 Tonga Islands follow. 



73. Lalage whitmeei Sharpe. 



Lalage whitmeei Sharpe, Mittheil. K. zool. mus. Dresden, 1878, p. 371. (Savage 

 Island). 



Four males and two females were secured at Niue, or Savage Island, 

 25 November. Both of the females are immature. Each shows 

 a strong wash of bright brown on the lesser and middle wing coverts. 



LANIIDAE. 



74. Pachycephala jacquinoti Bonaparte. 



Pachycephala jacquinoti Bonaparte, Conspec. gen. Avium, 1850, 1, p. 329. 

 (Vavau). 



Four adult males and one male in immature plumage were collected 

 at Vavau, Tonga Islands, 4, 5 December. The male in juvenal 

 plumage is duller in color than the adults, and has the crown deep 

 mouse-gray with a few feathers of the adult plumage showing. The 

 chin and throat are whitish, the --feathers tipped with deep mouse- 

 gray, especially laterally, and the upper breast is light drab. A few 

 black feathers show here also. The side of the head is light grayish 

 olive, and the auricular region wood-brown. The light ring on the 

 hind neck is barely indicated, and the under parts are much paler 

 yellow. 



Gray (Gen. birds, 1845, 1, p. 271) lists this form under Pachycephala 

 and refers to the plate published by Hombron and Jacquinot (Voy. 

 Pole Sud. Zool. Oiseaux, October, 1844, pi. 5, fig. 2) where the bird 

 is called "Pie-grieche a masque noir" but does not designate a name 

 for it. 



