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20 catalogue of the birds of the 



Monarcha (Arses) chrysomela. 



Muscicapa chrysomela, Gam. Voy. de la Coqu. t. 18. f. 2. 



Arses chrysomela, Less. 



' Pipimaloume ' of the natives of New Ireland. 



New Ireland. (New Guinea, B.M.) 



Ampelid^e. 



Pachycephala chlorurus. B.M. 



Very like P. gutturalis, Gould ; but the tail is yellowish-green, 

 varied with black, while the tips of the feathers are obscure grey. 

 The bill is intermediate in size between P. gutturalis and P. mela- 

 nura. 



Length 6" 3'". 



New Hebrides (Erroraango, Aneiteum). 



Pachycephala vitiensis. B.M. 



Like P. melanura, Gould, but with the back and wing-coverts 

 dark olive, the greater wing-coverts only black, and the tertials 

 broadly margined with greyish-olive ; tail black, with the tips mar- 

 gined with greyish-olive. The bill is also rather less in size. 



2 ■ Top of head plumbeous ; back, wing-coverts, and margins of 

 tertials dark olivaceous-brown ; quills and tail fuscous-black, the 

 latter margined with olive, and primaries with grey. Beneath the 

 body uniform rufous, paler towards the under tail-coverts. 



Length 6" 3'". 



Feejee Islands (Island of Ngau). 



Pachycephala orioloides. B.M. 



Pachycephala orioloides, Pucher., Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole 

 Sud, i. p. 57. t. 5. f. 3. 



Pachycephala astrolabi, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 329. 

 Solomon Islands. 



Pachycephala diademata. 



Eopsaltria icteroides, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 97. pl.10. f.3. 

 Eopsaltria diademata, Pucher. Voy. au Pole Sud, p. 55. t. 5. f. 1. 

 Pachycephala Hombroni, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 329. 



Var. (?) B.M. 



Throat varied with greyish-brown and white ; the band from the 

 nostrils to the eyes white. 



Samoan or Navigators' Islands. 



(?) Pachycephala flavifrons. 



Eopsaltria flavifrons, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. i. p. 96. pi. 10. f. 1 . 



Samoan or Navigators' Islands. 



