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green ; head, lores, and ear-coverts jet-black, this colour extending 

 further back on the nape than in P. melaniira ; the yellow collar 

 of the latter species being indicated only by a narrow olive band ; 

 chin and throat white ; a black crescent across the fore neck ex- 

 tending up to the ear-coverts : rest of underparts gamboge-yellow ; 

 bill and feet black. 



Adult female. Very differently coloured from the females of all 

 the other species of Pachycepliala except those of P. schlegeli. 

 General colour above, including the tail, olive-brown ; wings blackish 

 brown, edged with olive ; head ashy brown with an olive tinge ; 

 chin, throat, and cheeks white ; fore neck and upper chest yellow, 

 but washed with dull olive-brown ; rest of underparts gamboge- 

 yellow ; thighs brownish ; under surface of wiugs dusky grey ; 

 inner webs edged with white ; under wing-coverts white ; edge of 

 wing yellow mottled with brown. 



Total length about 6 inches. 



(S . Culmen 0-65, wing 2-70, tail 3-6, tarsus 0-9. 



?. „ 0-60, „ 2-75, „ _3-35, „ 0-9. 



Ohs. There are two specimens in the British Museum which 

 have the head deep rusty brown ; wing-coverts and secondaries 

 edged with reddish brown ; the yellow on the underparts less pro- 

 nounced. They seem to be immature males. 

 Hah. New Guinea. 



c^f- S 2 ad. sk. Arfak mountains, Februaiy. M. Laglaize [0.1. 



g. Juv. sk. Ai-fak mountains, February. M. Laglaize [0.1. 



"A, e. cJ $ ad. sk. Astrolabe moimtains, S.E. Mr.A.Goldie[C.]. 



New Guinea. 



11. Pachycephala innominata. 



Pacbycephala sp., Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 282 

 (1879), iv. p. 99 (1879) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xv. p. 45 

 (1879). 



Pacbycephala innominata, Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Moliicche, ii. p. 222 

 (1881). 



Male. Very similar to that of P. collans and P. melanura, but 

 with the tail ashy grey ; forehead and ear-coverts jet-black ; crown 

 black, inclining to slaty coloiu" on the occiput ; the black crescent 

 on the hind neck is interrupted by yellow. Bill strong ; pectoral 

 crescent strong. {Ramsay.) 



Hah. Teste Island, Papuasia. 



12. Pachycephala coUaris. 



Pacbycephala coUaris, Ramsay, Proc. Limi. Soc. N. S. TV. iii. p. 74 

 (1878) ; ibid. iii. p. 281 (1879), iv. p. 99 (1879) ; Salvad. Ibis, 1879, 

 p. .324; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xv. p. 45 (1879) ; id. Orn. Pap. 

 e Molucch. ii. p. 221 (1881). 



Adult male. Closely allied to P. chhnira, and differs only from the 



