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Female duU brown, paler beneath ; tail-feathers likę those of the 

 malė, but less bright ; bill and space round the eye reddish brown. 



Remarks. — Very similar in its markings and general contour to 

 M. Lamberti ; it may however be always distinguished from that 

 species by its larger size and by the deep indigo-blue colour of the 

 throat and chest, which parts are black in M. Lamberti, 



Totai length, 5į inches ; bill, -^^ ; ■wing, 2 ; tail, 3^ ; tarsi, |^. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



Pachycephala Gilbertu. Pach. Mas : colore saturati olivaceo- 



fusco ; capite plumbeo ; loris nigris ; gula ferrugined ; humeris 



subtus, abdomine medio, crissoque arenaceis. Foem. differt, loris 



non nigris, neąue guld ferrugined. 



The plumage dark greyish olive-brown ; the head dark slate-grey, 



and the breast of a lighter grey ; the lores black ; throat rust-red ; 



under surface of the shoulder, centre'orthe abdomen and under tail- 



coverts sandy buff ; irides light brown ; bill and feet black. The 



female is similar in colour, but is destitute of the black on the lores 



and the red on the throat. 



Totai length, 6 J inches ; bill, \^ ; ^ving, 3| ; tail, 3| ; tarsi, 1. 

 Hab. Westem Australia. 



