( 12 ) 

 " Iris deep lirowu, feet puvplish black, hill black." Tliis form, as well as others, is 

 a close ally of P. mehinuru, and will in future be considered a subspecies of the 

 latter. 



49. Pachycephala johni sp. nov. 



Pachycepliala coi-poi-e supra olivaceo-brunneo, remigibus secundariis pallidius 

 marginatis ; pileo griseo-scliistaceo. Cauda brnnnescente-nigra. Corpore maris snbtus 

 toto rufo-cinnanioineo, feminae gufture jiectoreque plus miniisve nigro-brunneo 

 .<triolatis. Long. tot. ea. 140—150; al. ^, 82—83, ?, 78— 79i ; caud. fiO— (U ; 

 rostr. 12 — 13; metatars. 19 mm. 



Hail. In insula Obi Major dicta. 



This remarkable new Pachi/cephnht was obtained l\v Pohertv and Waterstradt. 

 Doherty .sent a single adult male, shot in September 1897 ; Water.stradt four 

 examples, with uniform rufou.s-einnamon underside, whicli must be an adult nialea.nd 

 three feriude-'i, though oue of them may be an immature iiialf. 



The Imck, rumj), and u])per tail-coverts are olive-brown, the remiges blackish 

 slate, primaries very narrowly, secondaries broadly margined with a paler greyish 

 olive-brown, the crown slaty-grey ; under surface frcsm bill to tail rufous-ciunamon, 

 the supposed {femahs and immature males?) with narrower or wider shaft-stripes 

 down the centres of the feathers of the throat, breast, and upper part of abdomen. 

 Doheity inarkeil the iris as "deep crimson-brown, feet blackish, claws black, bill 

 black." One of the specimens from ^^'aterstradt has tlie bill light brown, and has 

 wider pale edges to the secondaries. 



This bird is named as a comiiliment to Mr. .lohn \\'aterstradt , who made a good 

 collection on Obi Major. 



Pnchycepliala johni has no very close ally, as far as I am aware. It belongs to 

 the gi-oup of P. lineolata and exarnvnata (of. Nov. Zool. 1900. p. 237), in which the 

 fe.mnles have narrow stripes on the breast, but its bright rufous-cinnamon underside 

 distinguishes it at once from all others. 



Type: " ?," or rather <S, Obi Major, 25. iii. 1902, No. 0.129, Water.stradt coll., 

 in Mus. Kothsch. 



50. Cinnyris auriceps (Gray). 



Xedarinia auriceps Gray, P. Z. ,S. 18(i(). p. 348 (Batjan and Ternate). 

 Obi Major: Bernstein, Lucas, Doherty, and Waterstradt colls. Native name, 

 " Bnrong tschui " (Lucas). 



51. Cinnyris frenata (S. Mull.). 



j^ectaonnia frenata fi. MixWer, Land-en-Volkenkunde i\ 173 ("Door ons an de 

 westkust van Nieuw-Gninea ontdekt "). 



Doherty and Waterstradt sent some examples from Obi Major which do not seem 

 to diflFer from New Guinea specimens. 



52. Dicaeum schistaceiceps Gray. 



Dicaeum schistaceiceps Gray, P. Z. S. 1800. p. 349 ("Batchian and E. (iilolo"). 

 One /emaZe from Waterstradt, similar to a Batjan /cmrt/fi collected by William 

 Doberty. 



