17. PACHTCEPHALA. 211 



27. Pachycephala xanthoprocta. 



Pachjcephala xanthoprocta, Gould, Syn. B. Austr. 18.37, fio- 2 fmy ) • 

 p. 2Ib ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 'i^^, no. 5894. '.'''» 



m Je'^anrfeTar"^ "' ''" '"' " ''^ ^"'^^^ ^'^^^^^ "^ ^^^^^^^'i 



ro-^fhii 7%?J'f ^ '^^^''"''' ^'^"P^' ^^-^ tb^y diff'^r' besides, 

 from the female of that species m the following points :-The genera 

 colour above is less yellowish and more olivaceous, and the whole 

 under surface xs pale fuscous, only the under tail-coverts yellow, 

 but nowhere so glossy as in P. mentalk-. under wing-coverts and 

 axillanes white washed with fulvous ; edge of wing mo^re yeUowish 



'eyes reddish brown; bill black, on the base bro^^ ; feet fuscous " 



T. Jm h' ^' ^"' '.' ^\ ''^?!;°^ ^^'^ P^'^'-^S^ ^« concerned, these birds 

 might be young females of P. menfalis ; but, besides the shape of their 

 bill, their wings and tails are somewhat lon"-er 



tarsals l-l"^ ^^"°^^ ^'^ "''^''' '''^°'^'' ^■"^' ^'""^ ^•^' t^'l 3-2. 



tars^u's l-t^ ^'°^^'' ^'^ ''''^''' '"^"''" ''^■^^' "^^"S 2-^' *^^J 3-2, 

 i/a6. jVorfolk Island. 



«, 6. d ? ad. sk. Norfolk Island, June 186-5. J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 

 2S. Pachycephala ruflnucha. 



Pachycephala vufimicha, Sol. P. Z. S. 187-3, p. 092.- Sahad inn 



Mus. Cu^ic. Genov. x. p. 141 ( 1877), xv. p. 46 (1879) 

 Padnjephala (.^) rufanucha, Sakad. Oni. Pap. eMolucche, ii. p. 225 



Adidtmale. Goxyoral colour above, including the scapulars outer 

 edge of the quiUs and wmg-coverts, and the ^rpper tail^cover s duU 

 }ellowish ohve, deepening into brown on the tail-feathers • ouills 

 blackish brown ; front half and sides of the ciwn ashv g^^^y 'oeS 

 maroon-red, separated from the olivaceous colour of "the ba k bv a 

 narrow grey band; cheeks grey; chin dull white : throat yellow 

 breast and abdomen white, changing into fuscous olive on the sides' 

 of the bodj- and the flanks: thighs fuscous ; " biU and feet black 

 ina chestnut-brown " {crAlheriis). ' 



Another specimen, labelled a male, has the head spotted with 

 olive-brown feathers, and the maroon-red on the occiput is not yrt o 

 weU developed as in the other male. Some of the wing-coverts 

 are externally edged ^nth deep rufous; centre of breast white, bu 

 most of he feathers more or less strongly washed or edged wih 

 fulvous, ohvc-brown, or rufous. " 



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