1879.] MR. LAYARD ON A NEW PACHYCEPHALA. 147 



P. vifiensis. The acquisition of the true P. graffii set me right ; and 

 I then settled that the bird was P. icteroides, never dreaming that a 

 bird so far from uncommon could have escaped the notice of Drs. 

 Graffe and Finsch, and that there could be a third new species in 

 Fiji, as I now see it to be. 



I did not sufficiently consider the diagnosis given by Drs. Finsch 

 and Ilartlaub, which omits entirely the jet-blac/c head possessed by 

 my bird. Now also I have the advantage of reference to the 

 original description and figures by Peale (Cass, Un.-St. Expl. Exp. 

 (1858), p. 161. pi. X. fig. 3), thanks to the Smithsonian Institution; 

 and I at once recall my observations. 



What P. icteroides is I know not, unless it be the young of P.Jlavi- 

 frons (Peale). This Fijian bird is apparently undescribed ; and as it 

 has escaped notice up to this moment, I shall name it, if new, 



Pachycephala neglecta, n. sp. 



c?. Above, back obscure darkish green, with a small patch of 

 yellow on the immediate rump ; head shining jet-black, all but the 

 throat and chin, and a very small spot (not always present) between 

 the eye and the nostril, which is of the light brilliant yellow of the 

 whole of the underparts. In some specimens, a few straggling 

 black feathers on the lower part of the throat, encroaching on each 

 side of the chest, seem to point to the formation of a narrow black 

 collar across the chest, such as is found in my P. intermedia. 

 Wing-primaries edged more or less broadly with greenish grey (tail- 

 feathers tipped with the same) ; secondaries broadly edged and tipped 

 with pale yellow. The yellow of the underparts is a little darker than 

 in P.Jlavifrons, agreeing, as far as my memory serves, with P. inter- 

 media, of which I unfortunately have not retained a specimen, but 

 is far less deep (orange-tinted) than in P. rjraffii or P. torquatu, 

 Layard. Length 6" 6'" ; wing 3" 9'"; tail 2" 10'" ; tarsus 13'"; bill 

 (to gape) 12'". Bill black ; legs bluish ; iris dark brown. 



Hab. Ovalau, Fijis. 



This species differs entirely from P.Jlavifrons, Peale, in which the 

 colour of the back is cinereous, with the faintest tinge of green, the 

 head being of the same colour ; on the latter the spot on forehead is 

 far larger and is united over the bill ; the wing-primaries are only 

 most narrowly edged with grey ; and the whole form is slighter. I 

 give the dimensions of P.Jlavifrons for comparison. Length 6"; 

 wing 3" 3'" ; tail 2" 6'" ; tarsus lOf" ; bill (to gape) 10'". 



Of the female of P. neglecta I unfortunately know nothing ; but a 

 very young male just showing a trace of yellow below, is of a palish 

 chocolate-brown above throughout, tinged with green ; below it is 

 of a warm deep cinnamon-brown, with here and there a yellow 

 feather. This is so like a female P. vitiensis, that I suspect it is 

 also the livery of the female P. neglecta, nob. 



On Viti Levu P.tieglecfa is replaced by the narrow-collared species, 

 P. intermedia, nobis ; P. torquata, nob., is confined, I think, to Ta- 

 viuni ; P. grceffii, F. & H., to Vanua Levu ; and P. vitiensis, G. R. 

 Grav, to Kandavu. 



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