202 LAKiiBm. 



thighs slightly tinged with yellow ; under wing-coverts pale fawn- 

 buff, with dusky bases to the feathers ; quills dark brown below, 

 internally edged with whitish ; " legs slate : iris dark orange " (E. 

 L, La yard). 



Young female. Has the upper surface, head, and tail more brown, 

 the outer web of the quills more chestnut-brown, and the under 

 surface of the body pale buff, freckled with dusky-brown towards 

 the abdomen, and the tlanks more uniformly buff-coloured. 



18. Pachycephala graeflfei. 



Pachycephala graeffei, HartJ. Ibis, 1866, p. 172 ; Mnsch 4- Hartl. 

 Faun. Centr.-Pobjn. 1867, t. viii. f. 2 ; Gray, Handr-l. B. i. p. 389, 

 no. 5905 ; Layard, Ibis, 1876, pp. 146, 391, 392 ; id. op. cit. 1879, 

 p. 146 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. pp. 72, 77. 



Pachycephala neglecta, Layard, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 147; Reichn. Sf 

 Sehaloio, J.f. O. 1879, p. 323. 



Adidt male. General colour above dark olive-green, slightly more 

 yellow on the upper tail-coverts ; wing- coverts black, washed 

 externally with yellowish green ; quiUs black, externally edged 

 with greenish olive, more particularly on the secondaries ; tail black, 

 tipped with ashy brown ; crown, sides of head, and nape shining 

 black, in old specimens with a faintly defined yellowish crescent- 

 line on the hind neck ; lores bright yellow ; the whole under surface 

 of the body rich yellow ; on the sides of the fore neck and chest a 

 few entirely black feathers (in some specimens the black confined 

 to the outer web) forming a patch (this patch being very well deve- 

 loped in one specimen, which has the region near the lores and the 

 lores themselves almost entu-ely black, only a very few feathers being 

 tipped with yellow) ; thighs yeUow, with blackish bases ; under 

 wing-coverts white, slightly margined with yellow, especially on the 

 edge of the wing ; quills ashy brown below, with white edges along 

 the inner web; "bill black; feet livid brown; iris red-brown" 

 {E. L. Layard). 



Young male (in moult). General colour above olive-brown ; head 

 aud neck spotted with single black feathers; primary and lesser 



