296 zAmiiDM. 



Pachycephala gutturalis {Lath.). 



PacLycephala peetoralis, TMen. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxix. fig. 16, 



a, b (1845-54). 

 Pachycephala gfutturalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 207 (1865) ; 



Gadaw, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 192 (1883); NoHh, Nests 8f Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 64, pi. xii. flg. 9 (1889) ; Nehrh. Kat. Mersamml. 



p. 71 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8r Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 319, pi. 12 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 306 (1903). 



The eggs of the White-throated Thickhead are of an ordinary- 

 oval shape, occasionally pointed, and exhibiting a considerable 

 amount of gloss. They vary from cream-colour to pale brownish 

 buff, and are spotted and blotched with umber-brown and 

 purplish-grey. The markings are generally dense and confluent at 

 the broad end of the egg, where they form an irregular zone, but are 

 sparse elsewhere. Specimens measure from "87 to l-Ol in length, 

 and from -65 to "7 in breadth. 



4. Australia (E. P. Seymour). Crowley Beq[uest. 



2. South Australia (/. Gould). Gould Coll. 



1. Dobroyde, N.S.W. {E. P. Ramsay : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



3. New South Wales (^. P. iJamsa^). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales, 31st Aug. Gould Coll. 



(E. P.P.). 



2. Victoria, Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



3. Oakleigh, Victoria, 19th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 

 2. Gippsland, Victoria, 14th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 

 (A. J. N). 



1. Gippsland. F. A.Philbrick.Esq., K.C.[P.]. 



Pachycephala glancura, Gould. 



Pachycephala glaucura, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 209 (1865): 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 194 (1883) ; North, Nests \ Egg's 

 Amtr. Birds, ^.m(}S,m); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. -p. 71 (1899); 

 Campbell, Nests Sf Eqgs Austr. Birds, i. p. 322 (1901); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 306 (1903). 



The eggs of the Grey-tailed Thickhead appear to be inseparable 

 from those of P. gutturalis. Four examples measure respectively : 

 •91 by -68 ; '96 by -7 ; -97 by -7 ; 1 by -69. 



2. Tasmania (C. Gould). Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania {E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



Pachycephala chlorura, Gray. 



(Plate XIII. fig. 15.) 



Pachycephala chlorura, Layard, Ibis, 1878, p. 272 ; Gadow, Cai. Birds 

 B. M. viii. p. 194 (1883) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv, p. 306 (1903). 



The eggs of the New Hebrides Thickhead in the Collection are 



