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126. — Ptilotis analoga, Rich. 



Ptilofcis similis, Jacq^. et Pucher, Voy. au Pole. 8ud. Ois. p. 89. 



Ptilotis notata, Gould ; Ptilotis gracilis, Gould. 



This species seems to be very numerous on the south coast of 

 New Guinea, and also on the islands of Torres Straits. Speci- 

 mens from Australia, obtained as far south as E-ockingham Bay 

 and the Herbert River, do not differ materially in coloration from 

 the New Gruinea specimens. Among themselves they differ con- 

 siderably in size and in the extent of the back feathers, which in 

 some form a large tuft of fluffy feathers extending over half of 

 the upper tail-coverts ; in one of the Port Moresby examples, 

 these feathers have stiff shafts, reach to the tips of the 

 secondaries, and are 1*4 inches in length. In this speci- 

 men, the narrow line of yellow from the angle of the mouth 

 is continued below the eye and joins the ear-coverts Immedi- 

 ately behind the eye, and on the lores, and in a narrow line 

 below the gape, the coloring is of a darker brown, the bill is 

 straighter and not so large in proportion to the size of the bird, 

 as is usual with Ptilotis similis, or P. notata, of Gould, which I 

 believe is identical with the present species. 



Total length of a Port Moresby specimen, 6*5 ; wing, 3*2 ; tail, 

 3 ; tarsus, 0*9 ; bill from forehead, 0*7 ; from gape, 0"7. 



127. — Ptilotis versicoloe, Gould. Bds. Aust. Handbooh, I., p. 

 506 ; Ramsay, P.L.8., N.8.W., III., p. 111. 

 One specimen only from the Laloki River. 



128. — Xanthotis filigera, Gould. 



The bird I have, with some doubt, assigned to this species, 

 differs from X. filigera, of Gould, in having no whitish lines on 

 the nape, and the yellow line through the ear-coverts is of a much 

 deeper tint. 



129. — Gliciphila subfasciata, Bamsay, P.Z.S., 1868, p. 385; 

 Gould, Bds. New Guin.,fol. vol. I, pi. 



Morton obtained specimens of this species from the Laloki 

 River scrubs ; they differ slightly from the type specimens 

 figured by Mr. Gould, and may hereafter prove identical with G. 



