17. PACHTCEPHALA. 219 



Ohs. The tj-pe of this species described by Gray is in the col- 

 lection of the British Museum, and has the secondaries externally 

 broadly edged with reddish. It is undoubtedly a young bird. 



Hah. Ke Islands. 



a. 2 juv. sk. Ke Islands. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. (Type 



of species.) 



b. ? ad. sk. Ke Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



38. Pachycephala dubia. 



Eopsaltria brunnea, Rammy, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 391 



(1876). 

 Pachycephala brunnea, Ramsay {nee Wall.), op. cit. iii. p. 382 



(1879), It. p. 99 (1879) ; Salmd. Ibis, 1879, p. 324. 

 Pachycephala dubia, Ramsay, op. cit. iv. p. 99 (note) (1879) ; Salvad. 



Ann. Mils. Civ. Gen. xv. p. 16 (lb79) ; id. Orn. Pap. e Molucche, 



ii. p. 228 (1881). 



" This species in general appearance resembles PacTiycephala 

 simpler of Gould, but has no stripes on the breast or on the under 

 surface ; the bill is also longer. Total length ok inches, ■wing 3"3, 

 tail 2-b, bin 0-55." {liamsuy, I. c.) 



Hah. Port Moresbj', S.E. New Guinea. 



Ohs. This bird is, perhaps, nothing but the adult of P. simplex. 

 See also p. 175 (footnote). 



a, b. Ad. sk. Astrolabe mountains, S.E. New Mr. A. Goldie [C.]. 



Guinea. 

 c. Ad. sk. Astrolabe mountains, S.E. New Mr. A. Goldie [C.]. 



Guinea. 



39. Pachycephala simplex. 



Pachycephala simplex, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 135 ; id. B. Austr. 

 fol."ii. p. 72 ; Bp. C.A. i. p. 328 ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 217 ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 388, no. 5875 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. W. i. p. 391 ; id. op. cit. ii. p. 181 ; Ilasters, op. cit. ii. p. 271. 



Adult male and female. AH the upper surface, including the head, 

 wing-coverts, tail, and the outer margin of the quills, uniform 

 fuscous brown ; quiUs plain brown ; lores and ear-coverts some- 

 what paler ; chin, cheeks, and the rest of the under surface white, 

 only tinged on the breast with pale fuscous, with a very faint 

 stripe of brown down the centre of each feather ; thighs fuscous ; 

 under wing- coverts, axillaries, and edge of wing white. The only 

 specimen in the Eritish-Museum collection has the lower breast, 

 the abdomen, the flanks, and under tail-coverts entirely white. 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2-9, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-83. 



Hab. North Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. Port Essington. Capt. Chambers [P.]. 



