312 Balleth) of the British 



vinaceous; under tail-coverts ciuiiaraon. Feet and iris red. 

 Wing 229, tail 170, exposed portion of culmen 16 mm. 



9 . Like the male, but slightly smaller. 



Hab. j\It. Mada, Burn. 



Mr. Hartert also exhibited a new Thickhead, and cha- 

 racterized it as follows : — 



Pachycephala peninsul^k, sp. n. 



(^ . Top of the head ashy brown ; remainder of upper surface, 

 including tail, olive-green. Remiges blackish ; inner webs 

 with whitish borders ; outer webs edged with greenish olive. 

 Lores ashy; an indistinct pale buffy eyebrow. Sides of head 

 ashy brown. Throat white. Breast light yellowish grey, 

 with darker shaft-lines ; abdomen pale sulphur-yellow, with 

 dark shaft-stripes. Under wing-coverts white, with a faint 

 yellow tinge, those towards the bend of the wing brownish, 

 with a yellow tinge. Iris brown ; feet light bluish slate. 

 Bill brow^n. Wing 78-79, tail 63, culmen 16*5, tarsus 

 20 mm. 



Juv. Head pale brown, not ashy. 



Hab. Cape York, N.E. Australia. 



This form is very closely allied to and possibly only a 

 subspecies of P. griseiceps. 



Mr. E. Hartert also made some remarks on the Crested 

 Larks (Galerida) , and observed that there were some of his 

 friends who had expressed to him their disbelief in the many 

 sub-species of Galerida cristata recognized in an article in 

 ' Novitates Zoologicse ' about two years ago ; but he could 

 assure the sceptics that there were many more forms yet to 

 be discriminated, and that he would shortly describe some 

 more races, examples of which he had recently received. The 

 explanation of the great local variation of G. cristata lay 

 entirely in their having absolutel}' limited areas of distri- 

 bution. It was possible that one or two of the forms 

 recognized in the above-mentioned article would not stand as 

 good sub-species, but the majority were very distinct, and 

 many more might yet be discovered. There was, however. 



