198 LANITD^. 



male of this species b}- the colour of its tail, which is " -without any 

 trace of black, and quite uniform in colour, even to the very tips ; 

 the bill is comparatively larger and stronger than in any other spe- 

 cies." (E. P. Bamsaij.) 



Adtdf female. " Crown, sides of the head, neck, and all the upper 

 surface dull carthy-bro-wn ; wing blackish brown, margined with 

 lighter brown ; tall dull earthy-brown above, lighter below ; ear- 

 coverts rich earthy-brown, which colour, becoming lighter, extends 

 to the sides of the chest and forms an indistinct band across it ; 

 throat to the chest white ; breast and abdomen deep yellow ; under 

 tail-coverts pale yellow ; under wing-coverts white, washed with 

 yellow ; bill black; feet lead-grey." (Eamscoj.) 



13, Pachycephala calliope. 



Pachvcephala calliope, i?/j. C. A. i. p. 328 {ex Milll., Mus. Lugd.) ; 

 Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 486 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 388, no. 

 5882. 



Adult male. Yery similar to P. melanura (var. P. macrorhyncha, 

 Strickl.), but differing from it in having the whole tail entirely 

 greenish olive. 



Adult female. Very similar to P. melanura, but generally a little 

 paler, and having the under wing-coverts white. 



Young birds are like the adult female ; but the ear-coverts and 

 the under tail-coverts are very tawny or rufous-brown in colour ; 

 thighs and flanks pale yellow ; throat almost white, only a very little 

 tipped with dark brown ; bill brown. 



14. Pachycephala littayei. 



Pacliycephala littayei, Layard, Ibis, 1878, p. 255 ; Tristram, Ibis 

 18t9, p. 190, pi. Vi. ('(5 2); ^d. Ibis, 1880, p. 228. 



