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Ptilotls Macleayana. 



The crown and back of the head dark brown tinged with olive 

 all the feathers being margined with black more largely on the 

 sides of the occiput and over the ear-coverts, forming there a black 

 patch, feathers on nape of the neck and shoulders olive brown, 

 almost black at the tips, where they are centred with a con- 

 spicuous triangular whitish spot, lesser wing-coverts blackish 

 brown, having a triangular mark of whitish brown or buff at th e 

 tip, greater wing-coverts and all the wing feathers blackish brown 

 above margined with pale buff, the primaries and secondaries have 

 a yellowish olive tinge on the outer webs, feathers of the inter- 

 scapular region blackish brown, with a triangular mark of pale 

 buff or whitish brown down the centre of each feather, but 

 frequently on the outer web only, those feathers nearest the 

 thoulders having a yellowish tinge, rump and upper tail coverts 

 olive bi'own. A. narrow bare space below the eye yellowish ; 

 sides of the face and a line round the eye, buff , the ear covert s 

 and patch of pointed feathers behind them bright wax yellow ' 

 ckm light brown or grey, tinged with olive ; from the base of the 

 lower mandible extending underneath the eye to the ear-coverts is 

 a narrow band of olive brown ; chest light olive yellow, the fea- 

 thers pointed and conspicuously tipped with bright wax yellow ; 

 breast light brown, each feather margined and tipped conspicu- 

 ously with yellow ; 'near their centre on either web an irregular 

 triangular shaped spot of blackish brown, being less distinct 

 on the feathers nearest the flanks and abdomen ; flanks light 

 brown, tinged slightly with olive brown ; abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts buffy white ; under surface of the tail-feathers dark 

 brown, edged with buff on their inner webs ; inner webs of wing- 

 feathers on the under surface broadly margined with the same 

 tint ; under wing coverts light buff ; under surface of shoulders 

 margined with yellow. Bill black, feet and legs blackish lead 

 colour, iris dark reddish brown, gape yellow. 



Total length, 6| inches ; bill from forehead 1 inch, from angle 

 of the mouth to tip lj 6 inch ; wings from flexure 3| inches ; tarsi 

 ^ inch ; tail 3 inches. 



