408 NESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 



Western Australia, where it inhabits the white-gum forests, breeding 

 from October to January. 



This bird differs from P. ornutu by the absence of streaked markings 

 on the breast, and by having a small black patch of feathers in the 

 yellow plumes ou sides of the neck. 



342. — Ptilotis flavescens, Gould. — (316) 

 YELLOW-TINTED HONEYEATEE. 



Figure. ~Gou\d : Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iv.. pi. 41. 

 Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus , vol. i.x., p. 245. 



(Jeogruphical Distribution. — ^North-west Australia, Northern Terri- 

 tory, and North Queensland ; also New Guinea. 



3 tut and Eggs. — Undescribed.* 



Observations. — Little is known of the habits and economy of the 

 beautiful Yellow-tinted Honeyeater, which is a denizen of northern 

 parts. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland, of the Calvert Exploration Expedition, when 

 on the Fitzroy River, vnth regard to this beautiful Honeyeater, noted : 

 " During the wami days of December and Januai-y these birds came to 

 the water-trough in such numbers to drink and bathe as to completely 

 line the trough. They seem to be exactly similar in habits to the 

 P. penicillata (White-plumed Honeyeater), spending their time bathing, 

 chasing each other, and seeking insects or pollen from the blossom 

 amongst the eucalypt foliage. The sexes ai-e alike in plumage, and can 

 only be distinguished by dissection. They were just building their 

 nests when we left the locality, in Maixh." 



Ptilntis gerirurrui, Ramsay, is a sub-species of the Yellow Honeyeater. 

 Vide " Catalogue Birds, British Museum,' vol, ix., p. 246. 



343. — Ptilotis flava, Gould. — (317) 

 YELLOW HONEYEATER. 



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



Reference— Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. ix., p. 246. 



Previous Descriptions of £g^5.— Campbell : Victorian Naturalist (1886) ; 



also Proc. Austn. Assoc, vol. vii., p. 628 (1898) ; North : Austn. 



Mus. Cat., App. (1890). 



Geographical Distribution. — Northern Ten-itory and North Queens- 

 land. 



• I possess a pair of eggs from Cape York Peninsula, said to belong to this 

 species, but their identification is not quite complete. They are similar to those 

 of P. /?iUM, but much smaller, and with a glossy surface. Dimensions: (i)"84 x 

 •57. (2) 8 X -56. 



