120 Mr. G. M. Mathews on the 



114. Pachycephala pectoralis consol)rina. Buchanan-Island 

 Black-tailed Thickhead. 



Pachtjcephala gutturalis consubrina Mathews, Austral Av. 

 Rec. vol. i. 1912, p. 7Q : Buchanan Island. 



Common^ always found in dense mangrove-brakes. 



115. Lewinoruis rufiventris falcata. Northern Bufous- 

 breasted Thickhead. 



Pachycephala falcata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1843^ 

 1843, p. 134 : Port Essington. 



This is the common Thickhead of the Island, and is fairly- 

 numerous in the forests^ often in the tall trees ; also in the 

 Paper-bark forest near the great swamp. It is not migratory. 



116. Alisterornis lanioides buchanani. Allied White- 

 bellied Thickhead. 



Pachycephala lanioides buchanani Mathews^ Austral Av. 

 Bee. vol. i. 1912, p. 77 : Buchanan Island. 

 Common. 



117. Muscitrea grisola riordani. Melville-Island Brown 

 Thickhead. 



Pachycephala grisola riordani Mathews, Austral Av. Bee. 

 vol. i. 1912, p. 41 : Melville Island. 



In November this bird was silent, but seen in dense 

 mangroves ; some were found in the Paper-bark forest. In 

 January its note was often heard. It is a resident. 



118. Rhipidura flabellifera huchanani. Buchanan-Island 

 Pheasant-Fantail . 



Rhipidura flabellifera buchanani Mathews, Austral Av. 

 Bee. vol. i. 1912, p. 90 : Buchanan Island. 

 Common. 



119. Howeavis rufifrons dryas. Wood-Fantail. 

 Rhipidura dryas Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1842, 1843, 



p. 132 : Port Essington. 

 Very rare on the Island. 



