186 LANirD^. 



p. 66 ; Fekhenb. Vog. Neuholl. pp.- 229 & 284 ; Hartl. Rev. et 

 May. Zool. 1851, p. 182; Macgillirray, Nan-. Toy. Rattlesnake, 

 ii. p. 356 (1852) ; Rosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 233 

 (1863) ; id. J. f. O. 1864, p. 120 ; Finsch, Nm-Guin. p. 175 (1865) ; 

 Gray., Hand-l. B. i. p. 387, no. 5871 ; Diyyles, Orn. Austr. text to 

 pi. 33; Layard, Ibi.s, 1880, p. 296; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 

 S. W. i. pp'. 48 & 380, ii. p. 181, iv. p. 99 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Gen. viii. p. 28 ; id. Orn. Pap. e Molucche, ii. p. 220 (1881). 



Pachycepbala macrorliyncha, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 91, pi. 30; 

 Ldfr. Rev. et May. Zool. 1851, p. 71 ; Bp. C. R. xxxviii. p. 537 

 (1854) ; Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 30 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 388, 

 no. 5898 ; Rosenh. Malay. Arch. p. 322 (1879) ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 77 ; Sah. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 330 (1878), 

 XV. p. 45; id. Orn. Pap. e Molucche, ii. p. 218 (1881). 



Pachycephala albicoUis, Lafr. (nee Vieill.) Rev. et May. Zool. 1851, 

 p. ?3. 



Pachycephala xanthocnemis *, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 353; id. 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 389, no. 5899; Finsch, Neu-Gnin. p. 175 ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. viii. p. 377, xii. p. 330. 



Pachycephala clio, Wctll. P. Z. S. 1862, pp. 335 & 341, 1863, p. 30; 

 Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 175; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 388, no. 5881 ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. viii. p. 377, xii. p. 3-30. 



Oreicola merula, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 227, no. 3272. 



Pachycephala merula, Salv. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 330 (1878). 



Pachycephala citreogaster f, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. 

 p. 66 (1876) ; Salv. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xv. p. 48. 



Pachycephala robusta. Masters, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 49 

 Ramsay, op. cit. ii. p. 181. 



Pachycephala obiensis, Salv. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 330 (1878), 

 XV. p. 45 ; id. Orn. Pap. e Molucche, ii. p. 219. 



Pachycephala sp. inc., Forbes, P. Z. S. 1878 p. 122 (you7iy). 



Adult male. General colour above and scapulars olive-green ; 

 wing-coverts and quills of the wing black, the primaries narrowly, 

 the secondaries broadly margined with olive-green ; tail deep black ; 

 upper tail- coverts either black (P. clio, Wallace) or olive {P. mela- 

 niira, Gould), or (and this is the case with most specimens) black 

 with more or less olive ; crown and sides of the head deep shining 

 black ; of the same colour is a band commencing from behind the 

 eye and running over the ear-coverts, along the sides of the neck, and 

 crossing the upper part of the breast, forming a crescent, the line of 

 demarcation of which is strongly marked. A rich yeUow-coloured 

 nuchal collar on tlie sides of the neck passes over uninterruptedly 

 into the deep rich gamboge-yellow of the breast, abdomen, the 

 flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; edge of wing and under wing- 

 coverts yellow and white ; under surface of quills blackish grey, 

 with the basal part and the margin of the inner web whitish ; bill 

 black, feet brownish ; iris brown. 



The young male resembles the adult male ; but the head is not 



* Is the female of P. macrorhyncha. 



t The typical description is taken from a female specimen, preserved in 

 spirit of wine, and collected in New Britain. 



