190 LANIID-E. 



underparts is clearer and more pronounced ; the black crescent of 

 the chest is indicated by a few blackish feathers, whilst the yellow- 

 nuchal collar is still undeveloped. 



Total length about 7"5 inches. 



Largest S ■ Culmen 0-75 inch, wing 3-8, tail 3-0, tarsus 0-95. 



2. „ 0-7 „ 3-5 „ 2-8 „ 0-90. 



Ohs. The above description shows that the male of P. mentalis 

 differs but slightly from the male of P. mehomra, namely by its 

 black chin and angle of mouth, again by the yellow nuchal collar 

 separating the black of the head from the black pectoral crescent, 

 which crescent itself is much narrower than that of P. nielanura. 

 The female, however, is totally different in colour from that of 

 the last-named species. 



Hab. Ternate, Gilolo, Batchian, Morty Island, and Timor. 



(i,b. cJ $ ad. st. Ternate (?) Purchased. 



c. S ad. sk. Ternate (J. Murray). Voy. of H.M.S. ' Chal- 



lenger.' 



d. 5 ad. sk. Ternate, Oct. 1876. M. Leon Laglaize [0.]. 

 e,f. d ; ff. 2 ad. sk. Ternate. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 h. 2 ad. sk. Ternate ( Wallace). Gould Collection. 



i. S ad. sk. Gilolo {Wallace). Gould Collection. 



k, I. d ad. sk. Batchian. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 m. 2 ad. sk. Batchian. A. R.Wallace, Esq. fC.]. 



n. 2 ad. sk. Morty Island. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



(Type of species.) 

 0. (5 jiiv. sk. Timor. Pm'chased. 



3. Pachycephala vitiensis. 



Pachycephala vitiensis, Gray, B. Trop. Id. Pac. Oc. p. 20. 

 Pachycephala ? optata, Hartl. Ibis, 1806, p. 172 ( 2 )• 

 Pachycephala vitiensis, Finsch Sf Hartl. Faun. C'entr. Polyn. 1867, 

 p. 73 (nee 2 > use tab.) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. p. 388, no. 5885 ; Layard, 

 Ibis, 1876, pp. 146, 392 ; id. op. cit. 1879, p. 147. 



Adult male. Resembles P. melanura, Gould, but has the general 

 colour above dark olive, and the greyish-olive tips of the tail- 

 feathers are rather broad, forming a band. 



The difference of this species from P. melamira is shown by the 

 adult female. General colour above, scapulars, upper tail- and 

 wing-coverts dark olivaceous brown ; quills black, the primaries on 

 the outer web margined with greyish, the outer web of the inner 

 secondaries more reddish brown. Tail blackish, outer web mar- 

 gined with olive ; head and hind neck slaty or plumbeous grey ; ear- 

 coverts reddish brown ; chin, throat, and the whole of the under 

 surface of the body uniform cinnamon-brown : under tail-coverts 

 and edge of wing a little paler ; under surface of quills pale grey, 

 with the basal part and the margin of the inner web pale whitish 

 cinnamon. " Bill black ; feet horny grey, claws black-brown " 

 {Hartlauh). 



Ohs. The bird described by Finsch and Hartlaub, and figured 



