the Alexandra District, S. Australia. 411 
No. 23. 2 imm. Alexandra, May 1905. Bill bluish 
green at the base, black at the tip; feet black ; iris brown. 
No. 38. @ adult. Alexandra, May 1905. Bill pale blue 
at the base, black at the tip; feet black; iris brown. 
OREQ@CA CRISTATA. 
Orevica cristata (Lewin); Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, viii. 
p. 174 (1883); Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. B.1. p. 310 
(1901). 
a,b. @ @ adult. Alexandra Station, July 1905. The 
bill of the female is black and that of the male dark brown ; 
feet black ; iris orange. 
Both examples are paler in general coloration than any 
in the series in the British Museum. 
This bird has great ventriloquial powers, except in the last 
note of its call. 
PACHYCEPHALA FALCATA. 
Pachycephala faleata Gould, P. Z. 8S. 1842, p. 134. 
Pachycephala rufiventris falcata Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. 
p- 280 (Derby; Eureka; Elvira River; South Alligator 
River). 
No. 29. a. g adult. Alexandra, May 1905. Bill dark 
brown ; feet black ; iris brown. 
No. 70. 0b. 3 adult. Alexandra, Sept. 1905. 
Rs ¢. ¢ imm, oa Oct. 31, 1905. 
5 d. & adult. 2 Dec. 19, 1905. 
Pe e. ¢ adult. c Jan. 7, 1906. 
The specimen 6 is probably a very old female and, in the 
total absence of a black crescent surrounding the white 
throat, closely resembles the adult male. This example is 
almost free from striations, there being only a few narrow 
streaks on the white of the throat; the breast, abdomen, 
aud flanks are tawny, very nearly approaching the colour in 
the pale examples of the male. The fact that this specimen 
was procured in the spring precludes the possibility of it 
being an immature male. 
The other four skins agree fairly well with the series in 
the National Collection. 
