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10. Pachycephala melanura (Gould), Black-tailed Thick- 
head. 
Pachycephala }nela?tura, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. ii., pi. 66 
(1848),- Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. viii., p. 185 (1883). 
a. Adult male, 19/3 01. 
b. Young male, 19,6 bi. 
c. Adult female, 22/3/01. 
d. Young female, 23/7/01. 
a specimen was moulting, at this date, its tail quills. 
b. Description of Yoicng Male. — Three phases of a young male 
have been described in the Brit. Mus. Cat., vol. viii. This is 
a fourth, resembling very much an adult female. Lores fawn ; 
rump grey, as on the back, no greenish-yellow hue on either 
region, as in adult ; outer secondaries broadly edged with 
rufous ; abdomen more white than in adult ; under tail coverts 
lemon-yellow ; upper tail coverts greenish-yellow ; tail pale 
greenish-yellow. [Bill brown ; base of lower mandible and 
cutting edges of both greyish-brown ; angle of mouth whitish ; 
irides light reddish-grey ; legs and feet blue-grey]. 
Young Female {d). — It has traces of its rufous stage. The 
primaries are rufous, and their coverts particularly so ; upper 
and under tail coverts mostly rufous ; upper surface grey ; under 
surface creamy, with throat and chest marked horizontally with 
pale greyish-brown spots ; irides reddish-brown ; bill brown, 
base lower mandible grey, also cutting edge; legs and feet bluish- 
grey. 
[It has a note similar to, but less powerful than, the previous 
species. It keeps very much to mangrove vegetation, searching 
much among the debris left by the tides. It may search for 
insects head downwards when among the branches, but the 
position has not the grace of that of a Honey-eater.] 
11. Pachycephala lanioides (Gould), White-bellied Thick- 
head. 
Pachycephala lanioides, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. ii., pi. 69 
(1848); Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. ]\Ius., vol. viii., p. 224(1883). 
a and b. Adult males, 22/3/01. 
^ and d. Adult females, 21/3/01, 23 3 01. 
For description of skins c and d see Vict. Nat., xviii., No. 2, 
p. 30. 
12. EOPSALTRIA PULVERULENTA (Gould), White-tailed Shrike- 
Robin. 
Eopsaltria leucura, Gould, Birds Aust., Suppl., fol., vol. v. (1865). 
Pcccilodryas pulverule7ita^ Salvad., Ornith. Papuas e Molucc, vol. 
ii., p. 88. 
Eopsaltria pulverulenta^ Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. viii., 
p. 180 (1883). 
a and b. Adult males, 19/3 Oi and 27/3 01. 
c. Adult female, 1 9/3/01. 
