18. PACHYCARE. 



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1. Pachycare flavogrisea. 



Pachycephala flavogrisea, Meyer, Sitzh. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ixix, 



p. *495 (1874) ; Sdat. Ibis, 1874, p. 418 ; Salvad. Ann. Mtis. Civ. 



Genov. vii. p. 774 (1875). 

 Pachycare flavogrisea, Gould, B. Xeiv Guin. pt. iii. pi. x. (187G) ; 



Oiistal. Bull. Sue. Philom. Paris, 1877 ; Salvad. Arm. Mus. Civ. 



Genov. xv. p. 48 (1879); id. Orn. Pap. eMolucchc, ii.p. 2.38(1881). 



Adult niale. General colour above blue-grey ; bastard-wing feathers 

 black, with pure white tips ; wing-coverts black ; quills dusky brown, 

 almost black, the outer web of the primaries narrowly, that of the 

 secondaries broadly edged with blue-grey ; the three innermost secon- 

 daries with white tips ; upper tail-coverts blue-grey ; the basal half 

 of the tail-feathers and the central pair bluish grej', the terminal half 

 dusky brown with light tips ; head above blue-grey ; forehead, lores, 

 feathers round the eyes, and ear-coverts like the whole under sur- 

 face of the body, deep shining yellow, the yellow on the forehead 

 and the sides of the head and neck being separated from the blue- 

 grey of the head by a broad dark stripe ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillarios white slightly tinged with yellow ; edge of wing black ; 

 " bill black ; feet brownish, claws paler " (Mei/er). Total length 

 4-5 inches, culmen 0-68, wing 2-(), tail 1-65, tarsus 0-85. 



Ohs. Another specimen in the collection has the ear-coverts dushy, 

 tinged with yellow. A third specimen wants the black stripe 

 round the forehead and above the eyes, only a few feathers being 

 tipped with black ; but behind the ear-coverts and on the sides of the 

 occiput the black feathers are weU developed ; the ear-coverts are 

 yellow, but tinged with dusk}'. I suppose that this is a young bii'd, 

 whilst the other specimen is the female. 



Hah. New Guinea. 



a. S ad. sk. Arfak mountains, Jan. 31, 



1876. 



b. Juv. sk. More, Dec. 14, 1875. 



c. Ad. sk. New Guinea. 



d. Ad. sk. New Guinea. 



e. Ad. sk. Astrolabe mountains, 



S.E. New Guinea. 



M. L. Laglaize [C.]. 



M. L. Laglaize [C] 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 

 Gould Collection. 

 ]\li-. A. Goldie [C.]. 



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