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habits, keeping almost exclusively to the ground; they are 

 generally found in parties of three (two adults and a young 

 bird). The feathers on the top of the head form a crest, 

 which can be erected at will. Iris brown; feet and bill 

 black ^' [OUve). 



45. fOftTHONYX SPALDINGI Ramsay ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 331. 

 We have received a fine series of this very distinct species, 



including immature birds. A young male has the upper 

 surface much as in 0. spinicauda, and the under surface dull 

 rusty brown, each feather broadly edged with blackish, while 

 one or two white feathers of the adult plumage are just 

 appearing. In somewhat older males the lores and sides of 

 the head are rufous as in the female. 



" Scarce and shy ; found in much the same situations as 

 the preceding species, and, like them, keeping entirely to the 

 ground ; they are very noisy when disturbed, and if only 

 wounded when shot, will take shelter in the first hole avail- 

 able. Iris brown ; feet and bill black ; skin round the eye 

 bluish white'' [Olive). 



46. fPACHYCEPHALA GUTTURALis (Lath.); Gadow, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus. viii. p. 192 (1883). 



? Pachycephala queenslandicaB,eichenow, Ornith. Monatsb. 

 vii. p. 8 (1899). 



" Four males, shot at high elevations on Mt. Bellenden Ker, 

 seem to belong to this species. " Iris brown ; bill and feet 

 black'' [Olive). 



47. *Pachycephala rufiventris (Lath.) ; Gadow, t. c. 

 p. 208. 



Two males and two females from Cooktowu. 



One male shot in June diifers from the other in having 

 broad black shaft-stripes to the feathers of the crown. " Iris 

 red ; feet brown ; bill black" [Olive). 



48. *Cracticus nigrogularis picatus Gould ; Gadow, 

 t. c. p. 96. 



A single adult female from Cooktown shot in November. 

 " Iris brown ; feet black ; bill slate-colour tipped with black '* 

 {Olive). 



