PSEUBOCrEJBOTGOME CIKEKJEICEPS „
PSEUDOGERYGONE CINEREICEPS, Sharpe.
Grey-headed Flycatcher.
Pseudogerygone cinereiceps, Sharpe, Nature, 1886, p. 340.
T here is not much to say about this little Flycatcher, which belongs to an Australian group which have
much the appearance o f the Willow-Warblers of more northern latitudes. The present species was
discovered by Mr. H. O. Forbes in the Sogeri district o f the Astrolabe Mountains, a t a height of 1750 feet
above the sea. Its nearest ally appears to be P . favilateralis of New Caledonia, which is yellow-sided like
P . cinereiceps, but is a larger bird and has a great deal of white on the tail.
The following description is taken from the typical specimen :—
Adu lt female. General colour above yellowish green, rather more olive on the upper tail-coverts; lesser
and median coverts like the b a ck ; greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dusky brown,
externally edged with yellowish green, brighter on the margin of the quiils, the innermost secondaries also
washed with greenish ; tail-feathers ashy brown, edged with yellowish green, with a very distinct subterminal
bar o f black before the tip, which is ashy brown, with a tiny spot o f white a t the end o f the inner web,
scarcely visible ; crown o f head ashy with a faint tinge of green ; lores white, extending above the fore part
o f the e y e ; feathers round eye, ear-coverts, and cheeks ashy brown ; throat and under surface o f body white,
the sides o f the upper breast ashy brown; lower breast and abdomen purer white; sides of body and flanks
pale sulphur-yellow; thighs ashy brown ; under tail-coverts white, washed slightly with yellow; under wing-
coverts and axillaries white, edged with yellow ; quills below dusky, white along the inner edge : “ bill b lack ;
legs and feet l a v e n d e r i r i s rich la k e ” (H . 0 . Forbes) . Total length 3*5 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 1*9,
tail 1*25, tarsus 0 -65.
The Plate gives an illustration o f an adult bird in two positions, drawn from the specimen described
above.
[R. B. S.]