THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Myiolestes (?) cyanus Salvador!, has no near relationship with Pcecilodryas , 
where it has recently been placed, the peculiar coloration being very notice- 
able. The bill is long, of medium width, not much flattened and tip not much 
decurved. The legs are fairly strong. It is necessary to provide a new generic 
name for this also, and I introduce Paptjalestes nov. 
The capito group I have already separated as Tregellasia, and this has been 
accepted by such a genus-lumper as Ogilvie- Grant, who suggested the reference 
to it of “ various allied yellow forms.” Whether he would have included 
Eopsaltria placens Ramsay ( Proc . Linn. Soc. N.S. W., Vol. III., p. 272, 1879 : 
S.E. New Guinea) = Pcecilodryas flavicincta Sharpe 1879 (later) I do not know, 
but although this is a “ yellow form ” it is most assuredly not congeneric with 
capito, and I propose Genn^eodryas gen. nov. for it. It is a much larger bird, 
with a huge powerful bill, strong but not extra long legs, comparatively short 
tail and much rounded wing, the second and seventh very little shorter than 
the intervening four which are subequal. 
Gould described two species as Eopsaltria, one of which was referred to 
Pcecilodryas by Hartert. As they were so aberrant I introduced Quoyornis and 
included both, but I now find that while one is near to Eopsaltria, the other is 
more closely allied to Pachycephala ( sensu latissimo), and I have removed them 
from the place occupied in my “List” and will deal with them after the 
genus Muscitrea and before Eopsaltria. 
When Dr. Percy Lowe, now the Curator of the Bird Department of the 
British Museum, prepared his address on “ Coloration as a Factor in Family 
and Generic Differentiation,” which was published in the Ibis, 1915, pp. 320-346, 
under his seventh heading, “ Colour pattern as a Phylogenetic Clue,” he drew 
attention to this group thus (p. 341) : “ Pcecilodryas is another genus included 
with the Flycatchers, but the young nestling of P. capito (now Tregellasia), 
with its very curious colour pattern and aberrant feathering, is not in the 
least reminiscent of the young of this group. It recalls the fluffy plumage 
on the back of the adult Gorythocichla — the Fluffy-backed Babblers. The young 
of P. albifacies (also a Tregellasia) presents the same peculiarities. The resem- 
blance is so striking that it seems to me that we might well ask ourselves — 
Is Poecilodryas a Timeliine genus or a Flycatcher genus ? ” 
After consideration it might be as well to utilise at once a family 
Pachycephalidse for these aberrant species and recognise many genera. The 
complications that will ensue from such a procedure will probably repay 
in the future, as we have two good observers in Tom Carter and E. J. 
Christian commenting upon the resemblance of two very different species to 
members of the genus Colluricincla. This is confirmed by the action of Messrs. 
Rothschild and Hartert who introduced a new genus, Ifrita , placing it among 
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