376 TSU GBUISE OF THE 'GUBAQOA.' 



PLATE XII. Fig. 1. 

 PAGHYGEPHALA MOBIABIENSIS. 



(Pachycephala moriariensis, Verr. and Desm. Rev. and Mag. dc Zool. 1860, p. II.) 



Upper surface olivaceous ; top of head slate colour ; ear-coverts, 

 and band on breast black ; throat pure white ; quills fuscous black, 

 margined with olivaceous ; tail olivaceous ; breast, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts bright yellow tinged with orange. Bill black ; 

 legs pale brown. 



Length 6", wings 3" 4'", tarsi 1", bill from gape 7'". 



Inhabits New Caledonia, where the male is called ' Monota,' and 

 the female ' Tirio.' 



PLATE XII. Fk!. 2. 

 PAGHYGEPHALA XANTHETBJUA. 



(Muscicapa xantlietriea, Forst. De»cr. ifc. p. 268 ; Pachycephala xanthetrsea, G. If. 

 Gr. Proi: Zool. Sue. 1859, p. 162.) 



Whitish pale slate coloiu ; top of liead with a black mark do^\^u 

 the shaft of each feather ; wings and tail fuscous black, broadly 

 margined with whitish pale slate colour ; throat piue white, 

 margined on the breast with a black baud ; breast, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts pale rusty colour ; sides whitish pale slate 

 colour. 



Length 5" 6'", -wings 3" 3'", tail 2" 8"', bill from gape 7'". 



This species was obtained at New Caledonia. The natives call 

 this bird ' Magga.' 



