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from the New Hebrides. 
present day. I cannot see that the Efate [Vate] examples 
in the Museum are different from the Vanua Lava birds, 
which is a somewhat curious fact in geographical distribu¬ 
tion, but with the series at my disposal I can come to no 
other conclusion than that L. flavotincta is distinct. 
Pachycephala Intacta, sp. nov. 
A similis P. chlorurce <£, sed clarius flavicanti-viridis. 
$ similis P. chlorurce $ , sed supra viridiscentior, pileo et 
faciei lateribus brunneis, et subcaudalibus flavis distin- 
guenda. Long. tot. 6*8 poll.; culm. 0‘75; alse 3*25; 
caudse 2’5 ; tarsi O’95. 
Nos. 13, 16. S ad. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 13, 
1899.— Bill black ; feet dark plumbeous ; iris dark. 
No. 63. A imm. Tangoa, Espiritu Santo, June 22, 1899.— 
Bill dark horn-colour; feet plumbeous brown. 
Nos. 79, 80. ? ad. 82. J ad. Sandwich Bay, Mallicolla, 
July 31, 1899. 
The type of Pachycephala chlurura is from Erromanga, 
and the type of Eopsaltria cucullata is from Aneiteum. 
Mr. Wiglesworth has pointed out (Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 
viii. p. xliv) that the latter species is the female of 
P. chlorura, a self-evident fact which it seems extraordinary 
that Dr. Gadow could have missed, as the hen of P. chlorura 
from Aneiteum is absolutely identical with E. cucullata , also 
from Aneiteum (!), and evidently of the same species. 
1 find that the males from Aneiteum, Tanna, and Erro¬ 
manga are darker and greener than those from Mallicollo, 
Efate, and Espiritu Santo, which are decidedly more yellow in 
colour. The females, however, show more decided differences 
than the males, for they have a greenish back contrasting 
with the brown head and face, and the chest and sides of 
the breast are more ashy brown ; the under tail -coverts are 
bright yellow. Captain Farquhar says that P. intacta is a 
common species on Mallicollo. 
Artamus melanoleucus (Forst.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xiii. p. 8 (1890) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 26. 
No. 1. Ad. Fila, Efate [Vate], May 10,1899.—B ill grey-blue; 
legs black ; iris dark. Infested by a parasitical fly like a 
