17. PACHTCEPHAXA. 217 



Female. Above dull grey, somewhat olive ; secondary quills near 

 the end margined with white ; body below rufescent ; feathers of 

 fore neck and chest with dusky shaft-streaks ; bill dusky ; feet 

 lead-colour. 



Total length 5-7 inches, culmcu 0-2, wing 3-15, tail 2-18, tarsus 

 0-75. 



Hab. Islands of Ternate, Tidore, and Morotai. 



36. Pachycephala griseonota. 



Pachycephala gi-iseonota, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 429; Finsch, Keu- 

 Guinea, p. 17o (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 388, no. 5877 ; von 

 Pdzein, Verlt. k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wicn, 1872, p. 429 ; Meyer, Sitz. k. 

 Ak. Wien, Ixix. p. 393 (1874) ; Sahad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. 

 p. 331 (1878), XV. p. 46; id. Orn. Pap. e MoluccJie, ii. -a. 229 

 (1881) ; Rosenb. Malay. Archip. p. .395 (1879). 



Pachycephala rufescens," Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 341, 1863, p. 30 ; 

 Finxeli, Neu-Guinea, p. 175 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 389, no. 5900; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 331 (1878). 



Pachycephala lineolata. Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, pp. 335, 341, 186.3, 

 p. 30 ; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 175 ; Gray, Mand-l. B. i. p. 389, 

 no. 5901 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 332 (1878). 



AduU male {P. rufefscens, Wall., from Bouru). General colour above 

 duU brownish ashy ; crown and sides of head uniform ashy grey, with 

 darker central streaks ; wing-coverts and c^uills dusky ; the secon- 

 daries broadly, the primaries narrowly margined with light brownish 

 grey ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; tail-feathers uniform duskv, 

 with ashy tips ; chin and throat dull white, slightly shaded on the 

 fore neck with pale ashy, passing into light reddish buff on the under- 

 parts, without any longitudinal streaks ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries creamy buff or a little more like the chest; thighs grev ; 

 " bill and feet black ; iris dark " ( Wallace). 



Adult male (type of P. rufescens, Wall., from the Sula Islands). 

 General colour above exactly like that of the male above described, 

 only the outer margin of the secondary quills and the inner margin 

 of the tail-feathers a little browner and less dusky than in the male. 

 The whole under surface of the body and the thighs are nearly uni- 

 form cream-colour, dull white on the chin and throat. It is very 

 likely not quite adult. 



(S . Total length 6-1 inches, culmen 0-58, wing 3-2, tail 2-43, 

 tarsus 0-85. 



2 . Total length 6 inches, culmen 0'56, wing 3-1, tail 2-43, 

 tarsus 0-80. 



Adult female (type of P. lineolata, Wall.). Above uniform ash- 

 coloured, or, as Wallace says, more or less tinged with olive-green 

 which colour becomes more distinct on the upper tail-coverts and 

 the outer web of the tail-feathers, which are brownish ; wino-s 

 dusky brown, externally rather narrowly margined with olivaceous • 

 lores and ear-coverts light ashy ; chin almost white ; throat pale 

 cream-colour or, as Wallace says, pale ochraceous yellow, deepenino- 

 on the chest and breast and middle of abdomen more into light 



