196 LANiroa;. 



9, Pachycephala fulvotincta. 



Pachycephala fiilrotincta, Wall, in P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 486, 492 ; Gt-ay, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 388, no. 6883. 



Both male and female of this species are similar to P. mdanura ; 

 but, besides its much smaller size, the male differs from that of 

 P. melanura by having the breast rich fulvous yellow. 



Adult male. General colour above, with the lesser wing-coverts, 

 olive-yellow ; the greater and median coverts blackish, edged with 

 olive-yeUow ; quills black, edged with greyish olive ; upper tail- 

 coverts deep black, some of the feathers slightly tipped with yellow ; 

 tail black, with narrow olive tips ; crown and sides of head and a 

 band passing round the fore neck deep black ; chin and throat white ; 

 hind neck yeUow, which colour on the sides of the neck is in con- 

 nexion with the rich golden yellow of the rest of the underparts 

 of the body ; breast strongly washed with orange-brown ; under 

 wing-coverts white ; edge of wing interspersed with yellow ; under 

 surface of quiUs greyish, with whitish edges ; iris dark ; bill and 

 feet black (Wallace). 



Adult female. Above- dusky olive ; primaries with greyish, the 

 secondaries with broader reddish-brown edges ; upper tail-coverts 

 and tail uniform olive-yellow ; head ashy, slightly tinged with 

 olive ; sides of head, cheeks, and upper breast reddish brown ; 

 chin and throat whitish ; rest of underparts white, with a rufes- 

 cent tinge ; thighs and under tail-coverts pale yellow ; under wing- 

 coverts white ; edge of wing yellowish ; " bill black ; feet dusky " 

 {Wallace). 



Ohs. The orange colour on the chest is not equally well developed 

 in every male specimen, and is probably a sign of age. 



Total length about 6 inches. 



<S . Culm'en 0-65, wing 3-1, tail 2-45, tarsus 0-82. 



?. „ 0-6, „ 3-0, „ 2-45, „ 0-82. 



Hah. Mores. 



a,b. cS 2 ad. sk. Floras. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 c,d.S; e, f. 2 Flores. A. R Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



ad. sk. 

 g. S ad. sk. Flores. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



A. [ 2 ] ad. sk. Flores ( ^ allace). Gould Collection. 



10. Pachycephala soror. 



Pachycephala soror, Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 692 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 



Civic. Genov. x. p. 141 (1877), xv. p. 45 (1879) ; id. Orn. Pap. e 



Molueche, ii. p. 222 (1881). 

 Pachycephala ( $ , sp. ign.), Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 697, no. 10. 



Adidt male. Somewhat similar to P. melanura., but distinguished 

 by the more blackisli-brown-coloured tail and by the absence of a 

 yellow band across the hind neck ; the tail-feathers are blackish 

 brown, the outer webs strongly washed and tipped with olive- 



