LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
CCCVII. Genus PACHYGEPHALA. 
Pachycephala Vigors, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIV., pt. 3, p. 444 (before July), 1825. Type (by 
original designation) : Muscicapa pectoralis Latham. 
373. PACHYCEPHALA PECTORALIS. WHITE-THROATED THICKHEAD. 
Gould, Vol. II., pi. 64 (pt. xxxii.), Sept. 1st, 1848 ; Vol. II., pi. 65 (pt. xvm.) ; March 1st, 
1845. Mathews, Vol. VIII., pt. 4, pi. 391, Oct. 13th, 1920. 
Turdus gutturalis Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. xli. (after May 30th), 1801 : Port Jackson, New South Wales. 
Not Turdus gutturalis P. L. S. Muller, Natursyst. Suppl., p. 144, 1776. 
Muscicapa pectoralis Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. li. (after May 30th), 1801 : New South Wales (Port 
Jackson). 
Motacilla dubia Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Miscell., Vol. XXII., pi. 949, March 1st, 1811 : New South Wales (Sydney). 
Laniarius albicollis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., nouv. ed„ Vol. XIII., p. 299, Sept. 13th, 1817 : 
“ Batavia ” error=New South Wales (Sydney). 
Turdus lunularis Stephens in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XIII., pt. n„ p. 200, Feb. 18th, 1826 : New South Wales 
(Sydney). 
Pachycephala fusca Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 240, Feb. 17th, 1827 : New 
South Wales (Sydney). 
Pachycephala fuliginosa Vigors and Horsfield, ib., p. 241, South Australia = Port Lincoln. 
Pachycephala glaucura Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xvm. (Vol. II., pi. 65), March 1st, 1845 : Tasmania. 
Pachycephala occidentals Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 212, Jan. 1878 : West Australia = Albany. 
Pachycephala queenslandica Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsb., 1899, p. 8, Jan. : Bellenden Ker Range, North 
Queensland. 
Pachycephala meridionalis North, Rec. Austr. Mus., Vol. V., p. 126, Jan. 28th, 1904 : hills near Adelaide, South 
Australia. 
Not Pachycephala meridionals Biittikofer, Notes Leyden Mus., Vol. XV., p. 168, 1893. 
Pachycephala mestoni De Vis, Ann. Queensl. Mus., Vol. VI., p. 44, 1905 : Bellenden Ker Range, North 
Queensland. 
Pachycephala halmaturina A. G. Campbell, Emu, Vol. V., pt. in., p. 140, Jan. 1st, 1906 : Kangaroo Island. 
Pachycephala intermedia “ North,” A. G. Campbell, ib., p. 142 : Kangaroo Island. 
Not Pachycephala intermedia Layard, Ibis, 1876, p. 54. 
Pachycephala gutturalis ashbyi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 313, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Blackhall Ranges, 
South Queensland. 
Pachycephala gutturalis youngi Mathews, ib. : (Lai Lai) Victoria. 
Pachycephala temporalis Mathews, Emu, Vol. XV., pt. ii., p. 128, Oct. 1st, 1915 : Error only. 
Pachycephala pectoralis bettingtoni Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VIII., pt. 4, p. 221, Oct. 13th, 1920 : Bellbird 
Bore, Mallee, Victoria. 
Pachycephala pectoralis myponga Mathews, ib., p. 222 : Myponga, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. 
Pachycephala pectoralis interjecta Mathews, ib. : Stirling Ranges, South-west Australia. 
Distribution. Extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania. 
Not interior, but apparently as far north as Bellenden Ker Range, Queensland. 
374. PACHYCEPHALA ROBUSTA. BIG-BILLED THICKHEAD. 
Mathews, Vol. VIII., pt. 4, pi. 392, Oct. 13th, 1920. 
Pachycephala robusta Masters, Pro. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., p. 49, Feb. 1876 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Eopsaltria hilli Campbell, Emu, Vol. X., pt. in., p. 168, Dec. 1st, 1910: Hecla Island, Parry Harbour, North-west 
Australia. 
Pachycephala gutturalis consobrina Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 3, p. 76, June 28th, 1912: Buchanan 
Island, Northern Territory. 
Pachycephala gutturalis violetae Mathews, ib. : (Daly River) West Northern Territory. 
Pachycephala gutturalis longirostris Zietz, South Austr. Ornith., Vol. I., pt. I., p. 15, Jan. 1st, 1914: Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Not Pachycephala longirostra Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. m., pi. (55), 1838. 
Pachycephala robusta borroloola Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 6, p. 137, June 25th, 1918 : (Borroloola) 
McArthur River, Northern Territory. 
Pachycephala robusta intercedens Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VIII., pt. 4, p. 227, Oct. 13th, 1920 : Normanton, 
Queensland. 
Distribution. Northern Tropical Australia from Parry Harbour, North-west Australia, to Cape York, 
Queensland. 
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