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Show 1885.] DURING T H E VOYAGE OF T H E YACHT 'MARCHESA.' 571 35-0 centims., wing 16*8-17*4, tail 160-17*0, bill from gape 3-6-3*9. ' This species is most abundant in Batchian, but does not seem ever to have been recorded from Ternate. 40. DICRUROPSIS, sp. ? a. 2 • Bisa I, Obi group. Iris brown ; bill and feet black. Length 31*8 centims., wing 16*0, tail 14*5, bill from gape 3*5. I am unable to refer this bird with certainty to any species, but am unwilling to add yet another species to the already somewhat overburdened genus on the strength of a single example. It is quite distinct from D. atrocarulea, not only in the broader pectoral spots but in its small size, and more especially in the possession of metallic hackles at the sides of the neck. The only species of this genus as yet recorded from the Obi group is D. pectoralis of Wallace. In the latter, however, the pectoral spots are very much larger and more conspicuous, and are greener in shade, while the neck-hackles are also longer and larger. The head of the Obi bird is without silky filaments, but this is the case in many examples of D. pectoralis. It is worthy of remark that the iris was noted by myself as brown. 41. COLLURICTNCLA MEGARHYNCHA (Q. et G.). Colluricincla megarhyncha, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 211. a. 2 • Batchian. This bird occurs in Mr. KettlewelPs collection. As, however, neither this genus nor Rhectes has been recorded from the Moluccas, some doubt must exist as to the accuracy of the locality. Ic does not differ in any way from specimens obtained from the island of Batanta. 42. PACHYCEPHALA MENTALIS, Wall. Pachycephala mentalis, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 216. a. 3 • Ternate. b. 2 - Batchian. Iris brown ; bill black ; feet brown. 43. PACHYCEPHALA OBIENSIS, Salvad. Pachycephala obiensis, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 219. a. 8 . Bisa Island, Obi group. b. 2 • Obi Major. Iris brown ; bill black ; feet in male pinkish grey, in female light brown. Length 19'0 centims.; wing 9*2-9*5._ The female differs from that of P. mentalis in being smaller and having the throat light fulvous-brown, not greyish white. In P. mentalis the upper breast is brownish and the lower breast and abdomen dull olive-yellow, while in the present species the whole breast and abdomen are dull orange-yellow. |
