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l",'iHi. Stigmatops indistincta media sulisj). n. 



Western Least Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, llandUst No. 765 (|)ars). 



Darker than S. i. perplexa bnt paler than .S. i. indistincta, and having the 

 throat iiuiforml}- coloured with the breast, bnt, the belly very light. 

 Tyjie : Parry's Creek, North-West Australia, No. 3133. 

 Range: North-West Australia (Wyndham). 



1201. Stigmatops indistincta perplexa subsp. n. 



Allied Least Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, HaiulUst No. 765 (pars). 



Differs from -S'. i. indistincta in its paler coloration above and below, especially 

 on the throat and abdomen. 



Type: Marble Bar, North-West Australia, No. 3123. 

 Range : North-^Vest Australia (Coongan River to Derby). 



Note. — Stigmatops albo-auricularis Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. vol. iii. 

 ]i. 75. 1878, South-East Coast of New Guinea, was inclueled in my Handlist No. 766. 

 I u(jw omit it, as I can trace no authentic occurrence of this species in Australia. 



Genus FTILOTIS. 



Plllnlis Swainson, Classif. BU-d^ vol. ii. p 3:ill. 1837. 



Type (by monotypy) : /'. lewinii .Swainson. 



1202. Ptilotis analoga notata. 



riJhitis noiald, Gould, Ann. .Ma;/. Nat. Hist. ser. iii. vol. x.v. p. 2(i'.l. 1^!67 : Cape York, Queensland. 



Yellow-spotted Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 767 (pars). 

 Range : North Queensland. 



1203. Ptilotis analoga mixta subsp. n. 

 Cairns Yellow-spotted Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 767 (pars). 



Differs from P. a. notata in being darker above and below, especially noticeable 

 on the vent. 



Type: North Queensland (Johnston River), No. 4247. 

 Range : North Queensland. 



1204. Ptilotis gracilis gracilis. 



Ptiliitix f/mrilis (rould, Proc. Znnl. Soc. (Loml.) IKGli. p. 217 : Cape York, Queensland. 



Little Yellow-spotted Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 76,s (pars). 

 Range : North Queensland. 



1205. Ptilotis gracilis imitatrix subsp. n. 



Cairns Little Yellow-spotted Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 768 (pars). 



