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Adult. “SMar to P. orpheus Jard. from Tmior, with the exception of the ashy m-ey head 
and the much stronger hill”. j j 
“Entire crown, including forehead, nape, lores, sides of head and 
ear-coyerts, unifonn ashy-py without any tinge of ohve; mantle, back rumn 
upper tail-coverts and tail above and below olive-green, the rump, upper tail- 
coverts and outer edge of tail-feathers strongly tinged with yellow; wings blackish 
t e primaries edged on the basal half with yellowish green, on the termhial half with 
peai-ly grey, the secondaries and upper wing-coverts more broadly edged with yellowish 
green edge of wing yellow; chin and throat white; breast, flanks and abdomen 
pale fawn, the latter with a yellowish hue; under tail-coverts bright yellow; 
Onghs yellowish green; under wing-coverts and inner edge of quills under- 
neath pale fawn. Bill black, feet brown” (Biittikofer 1). 
Measurements. “Wing 71—73 mm, tail 60, culmen 17, tarsus 20” (id) 
Female. “Resembles the male, but the white of the throat does not extend so far down 
towards the breast; the top of the head is not dark slaty grey, but paler grey, the 
lOTCs tinged with ochraceous, the ear-coverts pale fawn-colour with paler shafts 
Wing 73 mm” (Hartert 5). 
Remarks. In the fully adult male in fresh plumage the ear-coverts are darker than the 
crown, being almost black” (Hartert 3). 
“A very young male, just out of the nest, resembles the old female, but the 
breast and abdomen are white streaked with dark brown, the mantle washed with brown” 
(Hartert 5). 
BUtrlbuaon. S«l»,or Mm<l (Weber 2, E v er. .9) ;? Macassar District, Celebes (Teijsmann I). 
Xluee specimens obtained by Teijsmann were indicated as hayinn come 
lom the District of Macassar, bat it seems more probable that they were killed 
we ‘■y Teijsmann. Here a fourth specimen 
was subseqncntty obtained by Prof. Weber, and a series by Mr. Everett. 
Mr. Buttikofer calls attention to the occurrence of the closely allied P 
orpAs*' Jard. of the Timor-gronp in the same island, an occui-ience so unex- 
pected that It may awaken some doubt whether the two specimens determined 
as P. orpheus may not possibly be immature examples of P. teijsmunni. 
145. PACHYOEPHALA OEPHEUS Jard. 
Timorese Thick-head. 
PachroepMa Contr Om. 1849, 1-29, pi. 30 (g); (2) Wall., P. Z. S. 
Nr 5912 Njm-Gumea 1865, 175; (4) Gray, HL. 1869, I, 389, 
1891 Sr 2 m ,7:’. w/A™’ '**3, 213; W Battik., Notes Leyden Mas. 
/<?) + AT - ^'^eber’s Reise in Ost-Lid. 1893, HI, 286- 
ftS; Hail, Nov. Zool. 1896, 166, 181, 182. 
y 0 erpe orpheus (1) Bp., Consp. 1850, I, 329; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1875, IX 179- fs) 
Heme & Rchnw., Nomencl. Mus. Hoin. 1890, 39. ’ ’ 
igure and description. Jardine I, Glad ow 5. 
eneia colour above greenisli brown, passing into dull yellow on the rump and unner 
tad-coverts; wing-coverts and quills umber-brown , e.xternally Zt ZZ 
olive-brown; tail umber, strongly washed with yellow, somewhat dSL tl il 
upper tad-covert; bead did. ashy grey ; iores, tjrebe'.d anTXetiHlrXit: 
