Birds of Celebes: Laniidae. 397 



Adult. "Similar to P. orpheus Jard. from Timor, with the exception of the ashy grey head 

 and the much stronger bill". 



"Entire crown, including forehead, nape, lores, sides of head and 

 ear-coverts, uniform ashy-grey without any tinge of ohve; mantle, back, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts and tail above and below oHve-green, the rump, upper tail- 

 coverts and outer edge of tail-feathers strongly tinged with yellow; wings blackish, 

 the primaries edged on the basal half with yellowish green, on the terminal half with 

 pearly grey, the secondaries and upper -wing-coverts more broadly edged with yellowish 

 green, edge of wing yellow; chin and throat white; breast, flanks and abdomen 

 pale fawn, the latter with a yellowish hue; under tail-coverts bright yellow; 

 thighs yellowish green; under wing-coverts and inner edge of quills under- 

 neath pale fawn. Bill black, feet brown" (Biittikofer 1). 



Measurements. "Wing 71 — 73 nmi, tail 60, culmen 17, tarsus 20" (id.). 



Female. "Eesembles the male, but the white of the throat does not extend so far down 

 towards the breast; the top of the head is not dark slaty grey, but paler grey, the 

 lores tinged with ochraceous, the ear-coverts pale fawn-colom- with paler shafts. 

 Wing 73 mm" (Hartert 5). 



Remarks. "In the fully adult male in fi-esh plumage the ear-coverts are darker than the 

 crovm, being almost black" (Hartert 3). 



"A very young male, just out of the nest, resembles the old female, but the 

 breast and abdomen are white streaked with dark brown, the mantle washed with brown" 

 (Hartert 5). 



Distribution. Saleyer Island (Weber 2, Ever. 5); ? Macassar District, Celebes (Teijsmann i). 



Three specimens obtained by Teijsmann were indicated as having come 

 from the District of Macassar, but it seems more probable that they were killed 

 in Saleyer, an island which was visited by Teijsmann. Here a fourth specimen 

 was subsequently obtained by Prof. Weber, and a series by Mr. Everett. 



Mr. Biittikofer calls attention to the occurrence of the closely allied P. 

 orpheus Jard. of the Timor-group in the same island, an occurrence so unex- 

 pected that it may awaken some doubt whether the two specimens determined 

 as P. orpheus may not possibly be immature examples of P. teijsmanni. 



-f- 145. PACHYCEPHALA ORPHEUS Jard. 

 Timorese Thick-head. 



Pachycephala orpheus {!) Jard., Contr. Orn. 1849, 129, pi. 30 ($); (2) Wall, P. Z. S. 

 1863, 4S6; (3) Finsch, Neu-Guinea 1865, 175; (4j Gray, Hli. 1869, I, 389, 

 Nr. 5912; (5) Gadow, Cat. B. VIH, 1883, 213; (6) Biittik., Notes Leyden'Mus. 

 1891, Xm, 212; (1) id., Zool. Erg. Weber's Reise in Ost-Ind. 1893, HI, 286; 

 (8) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 166, 181, 182. 



a. Hyloterpe orpheus (1) Bp., Consp. 1850, I, 329; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1875, IX, 179; (3) 

 Heine & Rchnw., Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 1890, 39. 



Figure and description. Jar dine J, Gadow 5. 



Adult. General colour above greenish brown, passing into duU yellow on the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts; wing-coverts and quills umber-bro^vn , externally edged with pale 

 olive-brown; tail umber, strongly washed with yellow, somewhat darker than the 

 ujjper tail-coverts; head dull ashy grey ; lores, forehead and superciliary stripe 



