Order PASSERIFORMES. 
No. 469. 
Family MUSCICAPIDM. 
MATTINGLEYA GRISEICEPS. 
GREY THICKHEAD. 
(Plate 397.) 
[Pachycephala griseioeps Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1858, p. 178, July 13th. Aru 
Islands. Extra-limital.] 
Eopsaltria *1 inornata Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1874, p. 604, April 1st, 1875: 
Rockingham Bay, Queensland. 
Eopsaltria ? inornata Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1874, p. 604, 1875 ; id., Proc. 
Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 183, 1878 ; id., Tab. List. Austr. Birds, p. 7, 1888 ; 
North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat. No. 1, Vol. I., p. 184, 1903 ; Mathews, Hand! Birds 
Austral., p. 87, 1908 ; Broadbent, Emu, Vol. X., p. 237, 1910 ; Macgillivray, ib., 
Vol. XVII., p. 197, 1918. 
Pachycephala peninsulce Hartert, Bull. Brit. Omith. Club, Vol. VIII., p. xxxm.,Feb. 27th, 
1899: Cape York, Queensland; id., Nov. Zool., Vol. VI., p. 423, 1899; Hall, 
Key Birds Austr., p. 33, 1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., 
p. 327, 1901 ; H. L. White, Emu, Vol. XV., p. 63, 1915 ; Campbell and Barnard, 
ib., Vol. XVII., p. 22, 1917 ; Campbell, ib., p. 165, pi. xxv., 1918. 
Pachycephala griseiceps peninsulce Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 315, 1912. 
Pachycephala enidce Mathews, ib., p. 317, Jan. 31st, 1912 : New name for Eopsaltria 
? inornata Ramsay. 
Mattingleya inornata Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 1, p. 11, 1913 ; Macgillivray, 
Emu, Vol. XIII., p. 167, 1914. 
Mattingleya griseiceps inornata Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 1, p. 11, 1913 ; 
id., List Birds Austr., p. 181, 1913. V 
Mattingleya griseiceps peninsulce Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 1, p. 11, 1913 ; 
id., List Birds Austr., p. 181, 1913. 
Pachycephala inornata H. L. White, Emu, Vol. XVI., p. 163, 1917. 
Not of Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 164, 1841. 
Distribution. North Queensland ; Cape York to Rockingham Bay. Extra-limital. 
Adult nrnle. Crown of head and nape slate-grey ; entire back, wings and tail olive ; 
inner webs of bastard-wing, primary-coverts and flight-quills blackish-brown, 
the last margined with white on the inner webs ; the shafts of the tail-feathers 
dark and somewhat conspicuous ; a pale supraloral streak which extends to above 
the eye ; chin, throat and cheeks greyish-white with pale brown shaft-lines ; 
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