66 PAOHYCEPHALINJE. 



3 PACHYOEPHALA GLAUCURA, Gould. 



Grey-tailed Thickhead. 



Gould, Handhh. Ms. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 114, p. 209. 



The nest of this species is similar to that of P. gutturalis. The 

 eggs are three in number for a sitting, and closely resemble in 

 shape and colour those of that species, being of a faint creamy- 

 white, with a zone of confluent brownish-black spots and dots, 

 intermingled with others of a dark slaty-grey, the latter appearing 

 as if beneath the surface of the shell. Dimensions of a set of three 

 taken in October 1885, are as follows, length (A) 0-97 x 0-65 inch ; 

 (B) 0-97 X 0-66 inch; (C) 0-95 x 0-6.5 inch. 



A set in the Collection of Dr. Cox gives the following measure- 

 ments :— length (A) 0-98 x 0-7 inch ; (B) 0-95 x 0-66 inch; (C) 

 0-93 x 0-67 inch. 



Specimens in the Macleayan Museum Collection measure — (A) 

 0-97 x 0-69 inch; (B) 0-97 x 0-68 inch; (C) 0-96 x O-CJ inch. 



October and the two following months constitutes the breeding 

 season of this species. 



Hob. Tasmania. (Ramsay ) 



3 PACHYOEPHALA MELANURA, Gould. 



Black-tailed Thickhead. 

 Gould, Eatidhk. Ms. Aust, Vol. i., sp. 115, p. 211. ^XSl J^. 



The nest is a cup-shaped, shallow, rather scanty structure of 

 fine roots and twigs lined with rootlets and grass, through 

 the bottom of which the eggs can be seen ; it is about three to four 

 inches in diameter by one and a-half deep. The eggs are three 

 in number, of a pale buff with irregular spots of dark umber 

 sparingly scattered over the surface, but forming a zone near the 

 thicker end. Length (A) 0-85 x 0-64 inch ; (B) 0-84 x 0-62 inch. 

 (Ramsay, P.L.S., N.8. W., Vol. ii., p. 47. 



Mab. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 Cape York, Dawson River, South Coast New Guinea, (Ramsay.) 



