394 NESTS A.VD EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 



329. — Ptilotis filioera, Gould. — (321) 

 STE.EA1<:-NAFED HONEYEATER. 



Figure. — Gould: Birds of Australia, fol., supp , pi 42. 

 Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. ix., p. 237. 



Gtogroijhical Distributiun. — ^Northern TtiTitory antl North Queens- 

 land, also New Guinea and Ai'u Islands. 



Nest and Eyys. — Undescribed. 



Observations. — Gould reckoned that the Streak-naped Honeyeater 

 was more nearly alHed to the Wliitc-gap»d Honeyeater (P. unicolorj 

 than to any other, but is strikingly different from all its congeners by 

 the thread-like streak beneath the ear coverts, and by the small striae 

 which decorate the back of the neck, hence the veiy appropriate 

 vernacular name, Streak-naped Honeyeater. 



The original specimens described by Gould were among the novelties 

 wliich rewarded tlie researches of Mr. James Wilcox, who obtained two 

 examples among the mangi'oves at Cape York. 



330. — Ptilotis flavigularis, Gould. — (310) 



YELLOW-THROATED HONEYEATER. 



Figure. ^Gould : Birds of Australia, fol., vol iv., pi 35 

 lie/crence. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol ix.. p 239. 



Previous Descriptions of Eggs. — Gould : Birds of Australia (1848) : also 

 Handbook, vol. i,, p. 509 (1865) ; North : Austn, Mus. Cat, p. 201, 

 pi- 12, fig- 13 (1SS9) ; also Rec- Aust- Mus-, vol. i. (iSgi) ; Camp- 

 bell : Proc, Austn. Assoc, vol. vii., p. 61C (1898J, 



Geuijraphicul Distributiun. — Tasmania, and some of the larger islands 

 in Bass Strait, notably King and Flinders. 



Nest. — Cup-shaped, deep ; outwardly constiiicted of bark (Melaleuca), 

 fine twigs, grass, and spiders' cocoons; inside wannly Hncd with fui", 

 hair, wool, &c. ; usually placed low in a thick bush or in scnib. The 

 nest is not unlike that of P. leucutis of the mainland. Dimensions over 

 all, 4 inches by 3A ittches deep ; e^g cavity, 2| inches across by 2 inches 

 deep. 



Eygs. — Clutch, two to three (three to four. Brent) ; inclined to 

 oval in shape ; textiu'e of shell fine ; surface slightly glossy ; colour, 

 wami or pinkisli-white, sparingly spotted with reddish-brown or chest- 

 nut and pui"plish-gi'ey. Dimensions of odd examples: (1) '93 x '7, 

 (2) -91 X -67. 



