222 LAJfllD^. 



Obs. The description is taken from the type specimens in Capt. 

 Wardlaw Ramsay's collection. The tail in both of the typical speci- 

 mens is 2-5 inches in length, and not 3 inches as is stated in the 

 original description of these birds. 



44. Pachycephala monacha. 



rachycephala monacha, Gnii/, P. Z. S. I^oS, p. 179 ; id. Cat. B. 



Netc Guinea, p. 31 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 43o ; Rosenb. Xaf. Tijdsch. 



XXV. p. 23o; id. Malay. Arch. p. 3GG (1879); id. J. ' f. 0. 



1864, p. 120; Finsch, Neu-Giiinea, p. 175; Gray, Hnnd-l. B. \. 



p. 388, no. 5879 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xii. p. 332 (1878), 



XV. p. 47. 

 Pachycephala lugribris, .SV7. Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 1858, p. 161, spec. 



72 {ex Miiller MS. in Mus. Lugd., descr. nulla) {type examined 



by Salvadori); Grai/, P. Z. S. i8o8, p. 192; id. Cat. B. New 



Guinea, p. 31; id. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 438: Rosenb. Nat. Tijdsch. 



Ned Ind. XXV. p. 2-33 (1863) ; id. J.f. O. 1864, p. 120 ; id. Malay. 



Arch. p. 555 (1879) ; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 175 ; Gray, Hnnd-l. 



B. I. p. 388, no. 5895 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. (1878) 



p. 332 ; id. Orn. Pap. e Molucche, ii. p. 233 (1881). 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above sooty black ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts grey ; head all round, throat, and 

 chest deep sooty (not shining) black ; remainder of the under sur- 

 face pure white, the sides faintly washed with grey ; thighs dusky, 

 edged with white ; wing-coverts, wings, and tail blackish brown ; 

 the secondaries narrowly edged with lighter blackish brown ; the 

 tail-feathers with narrow greyish tips ; quills below dusky, inter- 

 nally edged with white; under wing- coverts, asillaries, and edge 

 of the wing white. Total length 6o inches, ciilmen 0-6, wing 3-4, 

 tail 2-6, tarsus O'S. 



Female. Tpper parts dull grey : underparts white : sides of head, 

 fore neck, and breast grey, the latter with delicate brown streaks. 



Hah. Aru Islands. 



a. <f ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



• (Type of species.) 



b. S ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. R'. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



45. Pachycephala leucogaster. 



Pachycephala leucogastra, Salvad. et d'Alb. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. 



p. 822 (1875), XV. p. 47 (1879) ; Ramsay, Proc. Litin. Soc. N. S. W. 



iii. p. 34 (1878) ; Sharpe, Proc. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 631 (1879) ; 



Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Molucche, ii. p. 232 (1881). 

 Pachvcephala fuliginata, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. JV. iii. 



p. i74 (1878), iv. p. 99 (1879) ; Salvad. Ibis, 1879, p. 324. 



Adult male. Above, including scapulars and upper tail-coverts, 

 bluish ashy grey ; feathers of the back with faint brownish vermi- 

 culations ;' wiiig-coverts black, very narrowly edged with grey ; 

 quills blackish or dusky brown, the primaries narrowly, the secon- 



