THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Pachycephala pectoralis halmaturina Mathews, ib. 
Pachycephala pectoralis occidentalis Mathews, ib. ; id., Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., p, 137, 
1918. 
Pachycephala pectoralis queenslandica Mathews, ib., p. 179 ; id., Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., 
p. 137, 1918. 
Pachycephala pectoralis ashbyi Mathews, ib . ; id., Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., p. 137, 1918. 
Pachycephala temporalis (errore for pectoralis ) Mathews, Emu, Vol. XV., p. 128, 1915. 
Distribution. Australia (except extreme N. ; N.W. ; and mid -W.) and Tasmania. 
Adult male. Crown of head, sides of face, chin, nape, and a band across the fore-neck deep 
black ; rictal bristles black and directed outward ; back, scapulars, upper tail- 
coverts, and upper wing-coverts yellowish-green ; median and greater upper wing- 
coverts black margined with greenish-yellow like the outer edges of the secondary- 
quills ; bastard- wing and primary-coverts black slightly edged with yellowish-green ; 
flight-quills black with paler margins to the inner webs and grey edges to the outer 
webs of the primaries ; tail black with yellowish-green margins to the feathers on 
the basal portion and margined with dusky- grey at the tips of the feathers, the 
outermost feathers paler than the middle ones ; throat pure white ; a narrow band 
round the hind-neck, breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; sides 
of body and thighs inclining to grey ; axillaries and under wing-coverts cream- 
white ; under-surface of flight-quills dark brown rather paler on the inner edges ; 
lower aspect of tail blackish-brown paler on the margins of the feathers. Bill black ; 
eyes vermilion ; feet dark slate. Total length 170 mm. ; culmen 12, wing 101, tail 81, 
tarsus 22. Eigured. Collected at Ringwood, Victoria, on the 28th of April, 1910. 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface greyish-brown including the top of 
the head, back, wings, and tail ; greater upper wing-coverts, primary-co verts and 
flight-quills dark hair-brown with grey edges on the outer webs and white margins 
to the inner edges of the primary and secondary-quills ; tail pale greyish-brown, 
the feathers slightly paler on the inner edges ; rictal bristles black and only sparsely 
developed ; chin and throat greyish- white, the feathers on the chin bristly ; breast 
and sides of body pale brownish-grey ; middle of abdomen and under tail-coverts 
dull white ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and inner margins of quills below greyish- 
white ; under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail similar but 
paler with conspicuous white shafts. Bill black ; eyes brown ; feet slate. Total 
length 164 mm. ; culmen 10, wing 94, tail 76, tarsus 22. Figured. Collected at 
Selby, Victoria, on the 31st of December, 1912. 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface dark olive, inclining to dark slate colour 
on the crown of the head and nape, with a faint tinge of yellow on the lesser upper 
wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts ; median and greater upper wing-coverts, 
bastard-wing, primary-coverts and flight-quills blackish-brown fringed with olive, 
paler and broader on the greater coverts and innermost secondaries, narrower and 
paler on the primary-quills, inner edges of flight-quills buffy-white ; tail hair-brown 
fringed with invisible green ; ear-coverts brown ; throat, fore-part of face, and 
fore-neck grey speckled with buffy-white ; breast and sides of the body fawn-brown ; 
abdomen and under tail-coverts fawn colour rather paler on the latter ; axillaries 
and under wing-coverts pale isabelline-buff ; under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown 
with buffy-white inner edges ; lower aspect of tail similar but rather paler and with 
conspicuous white shafts. Total length 180 mm. ; culmen 10, wing 96, tail 80, tarsus 
23. Figured. Collected at Warringa, South Australia, on the 26th of March, 1910. 
Adult male (but not in breeding plumage). General colour above dusky greyish-brown 
including the top of the head, sides of face, entire back, scapulars, outer aspect of 
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