from the New Hebrides. 343 



present day. I cannot see that the Efate [Vate] examples 

 in the Museum are different from the Vanua Lava birds, 

 which is a somewhat curious fact in geographical distribu- 

 tion, but with the series at my disposal I can come to no 

 other conclusion than that L. flavotincta is distinct. 



Pachycephala INTACTA, sp. nov. 

 c? similis P. chlorurce cJ,sed clarius flavicanti-viridis. 

 ? similis P. chlorura $ , sed supra viridiscentior, pileo et 



faciei lateribus brunueis, et subcaudalibus fiavis distiu- 



guenda. Long. tot. 68 poll.; culm. 0'7o ; alie 3'25 ; 



caudae 2*5 ; tarsi 095. 

 Nos. 13, 16. c? ad. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 13, 



1899. — Bill black; feet dark plumbeous; iris dark. 

 No. 63. c? imni. Tangoa, Espiritu Santo, June 22, 1899. — 



Bill dark horn-colour ; feet plumbeous brown. 

 Nos. 79, 80. ? ad. 82. c? ad. Sandwich Bay, Mallicolla, 



July 31, 1899. 

 The type of Pachycephala chloi'ura is from Erromanga, 

 and the type of Eopsaltria cucuUata is from Aneiteum. 

 Mr. Wigleswortii has pointed out (Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 

 viii. p. xliv) that the latter species is the female of 

 P. chlorura, a self-evident fact which it seems extraordinary 

 that Dr. Gadow could have missed, as the hen of P. chlorura 

 from Aneiteum is absolutely identical with E. cucuUuta, also 

 from Aneiteum (!), and evidently of the same species. 



I find that the males from Aneiteum, Tanna, and Erro- 

 manga are darker and greener than those from Mallicollo, 

 Efate, and Espiritu Santo, which are decidedly more yellow in 

 colour. The females, however, show more decided differences 

 than the males, for they have a greenish back contrasting 

 with the brown head and face, and the chest and sides of 

 the breast are more ashy brown ; the under tail -coverts are 

 bright yellow. Captain Farquhar says that P. intacta is a 

 common species on Mallicollo. 



Artamus melanoleucus (Forst.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 8 (1890) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 26. 

 No. 1. Ad. Fila,Efate [VateJ, May 10,1899.— Bill grey-blue; 

 legs black ; iris dark. Infested by a parasitical fly like a 



