328 NESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 



267. — Pachycephala simplex, Gould, — (121) 



BROWN THICKHEAD. 



Figure. — Gould ; Birds of Australia, fol , vol ii , pi. 72 

 Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. viii., p. 219 



Geographical Distribution. — Northern Temtoi-y. 



Nest and Eggs. — Undescribcd. 



Observation.'!. — Of this northern species we know nothing of its nidifi- 

 cation except wliat is meagrely stated by Gould : — " It appears to breed 

 diuing the months of December. January and Febriiaiy; for the 

 ovarium of a female killed on the 3rd of the last-mentioned month 

 contained eggs very fully developed, and, from the bare state of the 

 breast, it appeared to have been already engaged in the task of 

 incubation." 



268. — Pachycephala lanioides, Gould. — (118) 

 WHITE-BELLIED THICKHEAD. 



Figure— Gould: Birds of Australia, fol , vol. ii., pi. 69. 

 Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. viii., p. 224. 



Geographical Distribution. — North-west Australia. 



Nest and Eggs. — Uudescribed. 



Observations. — Gould founded his species of this imique Thickhead 

 on a single male specimen procured on the north-west coast. As in 

 that great naturaUst's day, so now, no information whatever has been 

 obtained respecting the habits and nidification of this rare bird. Who 

 will be the ftrst field naturalist to fill up the hiatus? 



269. — Pachycephala feetorum, De Vis. 

 LARGE-BILLED THICKHEAD. 



Reference —Proc. Roy. Soc, Q , vol. vi . p. 237. 



Geographical Di.-itrihution. — North-west Australia and Northern 

 Territoiy. 



Nest and Eggs. — Undcscribed, 



