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Mr. Kilhn seut only a jjair, t? ? , Tepa, 6, 7. ix. lOOo. "Iris bluckish : fuet 

 colourless ; bill black, pale below." (Nos. C858, 0871.) 



The occurrence of an Urt/iHocickla so far eastwards is of extreme interest, and 

 we may imagine from this fact, tluit all the islands between Babber and Timor have 

 forms of Oi-thuociclda as well, either our adceiia, or undescribed ones. Probably 

 new forms are still to be discovered on Roma and Dammer. 



The wings of onr 0. s. ■■ntbalata measure in the S uo — 56'5, ? .52 — 53-3 mm. 



60. Pachycephala melanura tepa subsp. nov. 

 This most interesting new form of l'<MliijccpImla is aiijiarently nearest to 

 and stands between those from Dammer and Wetter. These forms may be 

 distinguished as follows : 



Pachycephala melanura dammeriana Hart. 

 Dammer. — Edges to remiges grey with an olive-green tinge. Tail black with 

 greenish grey-brown tip and greenish outer margins towards the base ; bill slender 

 and strongly hooked. 



Pachi/cephala melanura tepa subsp. nov. 

 Babbcr. — Edges to remiges greenish. Tail olive-green, with a blackish shaft- 

 line and black anteajucal area of variable extent, and an olive-green tip ; bill stouter, 

 and, as a rule, not so strongly hooked. 



Pachi/ccphala melanura arthuri subsp. nov. 

 Wetter. — Light grey margins to the distal halves of primaries, broad greenish 

 ones to the secondaries, entirely green tail, bill elongated. Differs from P. m. 

 calliope by having a longer bill, cnlmen 21'7— 233 mm. (20 — 21 in calliope), and in 

 being more yellowish above, esi)ecially on the nape. Named after Arthur Goodson 

 of the Triug Museum. 



Pachi/cephala melanura calliope Bp. 

 Timor. — Like P. m. arthuri, but the bill a little shorter, the u^jperside less 

 yellowish. 



The female of P. m. tepa difl'ers also from those of its allies. The top of the 

 head, sides of head, ear-coverts and nape are greyish brown, contrasting with and 

 sharply separated from the olive-brown liack ; the rump and upper tail-coverts are 

 greenish ; tail greenish with blackish shafts ; throat white, separated from the 

 breast by a lavender-buflf chest-band ; abdomen saffron-yellow, sides with a brownish 

 wash. S : " Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet dark plumbeous grey." ? : " Iris 

 dark brown ; bill Ijlack ; feet plumbeous or slate-grey." 



Type of P. in. tepa : No. 0044a, c? Tepa, Babber Island, 15. ix. 19U6. — Type 

 of 7^ m. arthuri : No. 541)8, S, Wetter, 14. ix. 1002. 



Wing of cJ P. m. tepa 91 — 94 mm. (12 specimens). 



Wing of c? P. m. dammeriana, 90 — 94 mm. (5 specimens). 



AVing of c? P. m. calliope 87 — 89 mm. (4 specimens). 



Wing of c? P. m. melanura about 79 — 84 mm. (5 specimens). 



Wing of i P. VI. arthuri about 88 — 93'5 mm. (5 specimens). 



BIr. Kiihn sent twenty specimens, shot in August and (September 19U5 (Nos. 

 6621, 6642, 6644a, 6645, 0651, 6660, 6672, 6676, 6702, 6733, 6739, 6757, 6774, 

 0804, 6808, 0820, 6830, 0880, 0890, 0897). 



