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Stronger than in any other species I have met with. Total length, 

 6 in. ; wing, 3-5 ; tail, 2*6 ; bill, 0*9 ; from gape. 1 in. $ Total 

 length, 6 in. ; wing, 37 ; tail, 2*7 ; bill, 0*9 ; from gape, 1 in. (J 



110. — Pachycephala, sp. 



One specimen, a male, closely allied to T. collaris and mela- 

 nura, but having an ashy-grey tail, and the forehead and ear- 

 coverts jet black, the crown blackish, becoming slaty-black on the 

 occiput ; the yellow collar is intercepted on the head and neck ; 

 bill strong ; black throat-band narrow. 



Log. Teste Island. 



111. — Pachycephala fuliginata, Eamsay, P.L.8. of N.S.W.j vol. 



Ill, p. 74. 



This was the only species of Pachycephala obtained near Port 

 Moresby ; it comes from the Laloki River, where it was not 

 common. The female, obtained by Broadbent, has all the upper 

 surface greyish ashy-brown, with faintly darker striae down the 

 centre of the feathers on the head, inter-scapular region, and 

 upper tail-coverts ; wings and tail dark brown, lighter below ; 

 the primaries very narrowly, and the secondaries and coverts 

 margined with ashy ; throat white, with short brown shaft-lines ; 

 the chest shaded with light ashy -brown, forming an indistinct 

 cross-band, and, like the throat, the feathers are centered with 

 brown shaft-lines ; breast creamy white ; abdomen, flanks, and 

 under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 creamy-white ; inner margin of the primaries and secondaries 

 below whitish. Total length, 5-2 ; wings, 3*15; tail, 24; tarsus, 

 0-7 ; bill, 0-6. 



112. — Pachycephala brunnea. 



Eopsaltria brunnea, Ramsay, P.L.S. of N.S. W., vol. Z", p. 391. 



All the specimens of this species obtained were shot in the 

 scrubs on the banks of the Laloki River. I have received no in- 

 formation on its habits, which I much regret, as I have grave 

 doubts as to its genus ; the large bill would place it with the 

 Pa,chycephalince, although the wings do not altogether agree with 

 those of the numbers of that genus. 



