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the Avifauna of New Caledonia. 
pared specimens sent by Mr. Layard^ and also several New- 
Caledonian skins in tbe British Museum labelled R. albiscapa, 
and find that the distinctions already pointed out by Mr. 
Layard in ^The Ibis^ hold good in all cases, the smaller 
size and the conspicuous white shafts of the rectrices discri¬ 
minating the bird at a glance.—H. B. T.] 
28. Bhipidura verreauxi, Marie. 
Already recognized by the Editors of ^ The Ibis ^ from a 
specimen I sent (see Ibis, 1877, p. 358). 
29. Eopsaltria variegata, Gt. B. Gray. 
30. Eopsaltria caledonica (Gm.). 
These are the same species, and rightly reunited by G. B. 
Gray in his catalogue (cf. Cruise of the ^ Cura 9 oa,^ Aves,^ by 
G. B. Gray). We can only find two species here, this one and 
E. flavigastra, Verr. &Desm. They are very unlike in form 
and habits; E. caledonica, in form, resembles the Australian 
E. australis ; whereas E.flavigastra resembles the Australian 
genus Microeca [M. macroptera), especially in the flattened 
broad bill and Bobin-like figure. Its habits are also similar. 
We have no generic description by us, Gould^s ^ Handbook 
of the Birds of Australia falling lamentably short in this 
respect; but we have specimens of the birds before named, 
procured by E. L. L. in Australia. 
35. Pachycephala, sp. 
We only know the three species of Pachycephala pre¬ 
viously named by M. Marie from the neighbourhood of 
Noumea; but there is a fine new species in the Lifu collec¬ 
tion, which, as they all so much resemble one another as to 
afford little or no distinguishing mark, we propose to name 
after our respected Director of the Interior :— 
Pachycephala littayei, sp. nov. 
Male. Upper three fourths of the head jet-black; chin and 
throat, from lower mandible, pure white, succeeded by a broad 
* We take this opportunity of correcting a typographical error 
(Ibis, 1877, pp. 356, 357): for yellow-billed ” (^Pachycephala xanthe- 
ircBO) read yellow-bellied.” 
