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resembled closely those of other Paradiseiche, aud especially 

 those of the genus Ptilorhis, being of about the size of a 

 Rook's Q2,%, and of a cream colour, with more or less longi- 

 tudinal rufous-brown and purplish-grey spots, which were 

 most frequent near the thick end. It measured 40 mm. in 

 length, and 2.2-5 on its broadest part. 



Mr. Ernst Hartert exhibited four new species of " Thick- 

 heads " [PacJiycephalu] and described them as follows : — 



Pachycephala ktjeuxi, sp. n. 



Resembles closely P. cinerascens, Salvad., from Ternate, 

 Batjan, Tidore, Halmaheira, and Morotai, but the male 

 differs in having the abdomen and breast ochraceous bufip, 

 the throat pale brownish, while the abdomen iu the adult 

 male of P. cinerascens is white, or greyish white, and the 

 throat and breast are ashy grey. The upper surface is 

 slightly more brownish. The female differs from the female 

 of p. cinerascens in being browner above, and in having the 

 underside ochraceous buff, without any grey, and the dark 

 streaks along the shafts are much more developed. 



Hab. Little Key Island. Named in honour of Mr. 

 Heinrich Kuehn, who has sent a small series of both sexes, 

 adult and young, of this new species, 



Pachycephala exa.mixata, sp. n. 



Differs from P. Vmeolata, Wall., of the Sula Islands, in 

 having the abdomen (which is white with or without a faint 

 ochreous tinge in P. Vineolatu) ochraceous buff, and tlie 

 under tail-coverts buff instead of white. The wing is a little 

 longer, measuring 81-82 mm. The back is more brownish, 

 the grey cap thus becoming more conspicuously in contrast to 

 the back. In the male the throat is white, the chest washed 

 with grey. The female has the underside uniform ochra- 

 ceous buff and the wing only about 78 mm. long. (For the 

 name of the Sula form cf, ' Novitates Zoologicoe,' vol. iv. 

 p. 131.) If the name P. tjriseonota should be adopted it 



