218 L.VXI1D.E. 



creamy buff; flanks, under tail- coverts, and thighs paler, like the 

 under wing-coverts and the axillaries ; the feathers on the throat 

 and breast with dusky shaft-streaks ; " bill and feet blackish ; iris 

 dark " ^^ WaUace). 



The specimen from the Sula Islands is a little smaller, aud the 

 general colour above is more grey, and the olivaceous tinge extends 

 only over the head and the upper tail- coverts ; the under surface 

 of the body is pale, and the feathers of the chin and throat are more 

 streaked. 



Tarsus, 

 in. 

 0-87 

 0-75 



The specimen described by Gray as P. griseonota is in the Museum. 

 From an examination of this type it is evident that it is an imma- 

 ture, but not particularly young male. 



Hab. Bouru, Mysol, and the ISida Islands. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Bouru. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Bouru. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



( T}-pe of P. Imeolata.) 



c. S juv. (?) sk. Bouru, Oct. 18, 1870. Baron von EosenbergrC.]. 



d. (S ad. sk. Sula Islands. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Tvpe of P. rvfescens.) 



e. 2 juv. ? sk. Sula Islands. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 



f. (S juv. ? sk. Mysol. A. E. WaUace, Esq. [C.J. 



(Type of P. griseonota.) 



37. Pachycephala rufipennis. 



Pachycephala rufipennis, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1858, p. 178; id. Cat. B. 



Ne\v Guinea, p. 31 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 435 ; Finsch, Neu-Gvinea, 



p. 174 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 388, no. 5878 ; Eosenb. 



Malay. Arch. p. 336 (1879); Salvad. A7m. Mus. Civ. G'«e. xiv. 



p. 663 (1879), XV. p. 46 (1879) ; id. Orn. Pap. e Molucche, ii. 



p. 228 (1881). 

 ? Myolestes, sp., Bosenb. Beis. naar Zuidoostereil. p. 80 (1867) (teste 



Salvad.). 



Adult female. Somewhat similar to the female of P. melanura. 

 General colour above, including the scapulars, greater wing-coverts, 

 and the tail-feathers uniform olive-brown ; wing-coverts and quills 

 dark brown, edged with the same colour as the back ; crown of 

 head dark brown ; lores and superciliary region brownish white ; 

 ear-coverts reddish brown ; chin, cheeks, and throat white, with 

 faint pale longitudinal stripes ; remainder of the under surface 

 yellowish white, strongly tinged on the chest with pale brown ; 

 under wing-coverts, axillaries, and edge of wing white ; under 

 surface of quills dusky silvery grey, internally edged with white ; 

 bill black in the skin ; feet brownish. Total length Q-b inches, 

 culmen 0-7, wing 3-3, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-84. 



