No. 1.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 11 



MATTINGLEYA INORNATA (RAMSAY). 



Dr. William Macgillivray of Broken Hill, sent me 

 over some birds collected at Cape York. Amongst them 

 he included a " Robin " that he could not name. It 

 turned out to be " Pachycephala peninsulce " Hartert. 

 I wrote to Dr. Macgillivray to this effect, and he replied 

 that he had since sent examples to Mr. North, who said 

 it was " Eopsaltria inornata " of Ramsay (Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 (Lond.) 1874, p. 604), Rockingham Bay, Queensland. 



Dr. MacgiUivray says it certainly is not a Pachyce'pTmla 

 in its habits ; it as surely is not an Eopsaltria. 



In the Austral Avian Record, Vol. I., p. Ill, I intro- 

 duced a new genus for it. 



As this bird has been a stumbling-block to many, I 

 take this opportunity of giving the nomenclature : — 



Mattingleya griseiceps inornata. Grey Thickhead. 



Eopsaltria ? inornata Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 

 1874, p. 604 ; Rockingham Bay, Queensland. 



Synonym : 



Pachycephala enidce Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII. , 

 p. 317, 1912 ; Rockingham Bay, Queensland. 



Mattingleya griseiceps peninsula. Northern Grey 

 Thickhead. 



Pachycephala peninsulce Hartert, Bull. Brit. Ornith. 

 Club, Vol. VIII., p. xxxiii., 1899; Cape York, North 

 Queensland. 



Gregory M. Mathews. 



