206 LANIID^. 



throat buffy white, passing hito light buff or fawn-colour on the 

 chest, flanks, abdomen, and under tail-covei'ts ; the feathers of the 

 throat and chest with a narrow dark line down the centre ; wings 

 and tail as in the male. Total length o'o inches, bill 0"3, wing 3"5, 

 tail 2-75, tarsus 0-75." {Gould.) 



Younfj male. Similar in colour to the female, but with the throat 

 whiter, and the markings on the chest much more distinct and 

 extending over the abdomen also. In very young individuals a rich 

 colour or tawny tint pervades the greater part of the upper surface. 

 {Gould.) 



Obs. The longitudinal brown streaks on the shafts of the feathers 

 are much narrower in one of the females of the British-Museum col- 

 lection than in P. rufiventris. 



Total length. Oulmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. in. 



Adult S 6-0 0-64 3-6 27 0-9 



Adult c? 6-0 0-6 3'51 27 0-9 



Adult 2 .5-6 0-6 3-45 2-6 073 



Hah. Northern Australia, 



a. S ad. st. Port Essington. Capt. \V. Chambers, E.N. 



fP.]. 



b. (S ad. sk. Port Essington. Capt. W. Chambers, R.N. 



[p.]. 



c. $ ad. sk. Port Essington. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. 

 d,e. (S $ ad. sk. Port Essington. F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



viu, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 f. S ad. sk. N.W. Austi-alia, May 1856. Ct. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



22. Pachycephala pallida. 



Pachycephala pallida, Ramsay, Proc Linn. Soe. N. S. W. ii. 1878, 

 pp. 181, 224. 



Adidt male. " AU the upper surface dull slate-grey, lighter on the 

 upper tail-coverts and base of the outer webs of the tail-feathers ; 

 the wings and tail-feathers blackish brown, margined with ashy 

 white, a little broader on the secondaries and upper wing-coverts, 

 the feathers of the crown of the head and forehead with a narrow 

 line of blackish brown down the centre ; throat to the chest white ; 

 lower portion of the ear-coverts, a line down the side of the neck, 

 joining a narrow baud of the same colour across the chest, black ; 

 remainder of the under surface white, faintly tinged with light 

 cream-colour. 



" The female has the same upper plumage as the male, with a 

 faint tinge of olive ; under surface white, washed with a light 

 creamy tint on the breast and sides ; all the throat, sides of the 

 face from the angle of the mouth, the chest, breast, and flanks 

 strongly striated down the centre of the feathers with blackish 

 brown ; under tail-coverts white, with a narrow line of brown down 

 the centre of each feather. 



