676 NEW SPECIES OF PHILEMON FROM NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIA. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF PHILEMON 

 FEOM NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIA. 



By Dr. E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., &c. 



Philemon occidentalis, sp. nov. 



The species at present under consideration was obtained by the 

 late Mr. Thomas Boyer-Bowex-, near Derby, in North- West Aus- 

 tralia, and is mentioned in my notes of that gentleman's collection 

 in our Proceedings for 1886, p. 1098, sp. No. 82. 



Male. — The whole of the upper and under surface brown, 

 darker on the wings and tail, which are margined on the outer 

 webs of the quills with olive-yellow, except on the two central 

 tail feathers and the first thi'ee primaries. The under surface and 

 throat is of an ashy tint ; ear-coverts ashy-white slightly tinged 

 with yellow, sides of the face and a narrow line over the eye bare, 

 the skin being bluish-black or lead colour, an indistinct ashy- 

 white collar round the neck, widening into a triangular patch 

 behind the ear-coverts, an indistinct dark brown band f I'om the ear- 

 coverts across the throat ; chest tinged with yellow, which color 

 forms a distinct patch on either side ; bill and legs black. Signs 

 of immaturity are shown by the feathers of the inter-scapular 

 region being margined with ashy- white. Length, 10 '7 inches ; 

 wing, 5'1 inches; tail, 4-5 inches; tarsus, 1*2 inches; bill, 1-4 

 inches. 



