Ill 



recen-ed fron. that portion of Northern AustraHa, being solely represented by a single species- 



Ptiloiis unicolov. 



The above description is taken from a specimen procured by Mr. K. Broadbent a Cape 



Toll- .6U, October, an. .>,eo.he.o„..e ■-'- ^^o""'^- J,'" :;;j: "1"! ,f S: 

 ™,fe is .Wallewmlpagee,' and is the same as they give to /■(■/•!.. »(•'«■ 

 two species ate so t.ioch ahlte, their notes are entirely ti.fferent. 



r , ,»l-e„ hv Mr 1 -\ Boyd. at Rtpple Creek, on the 24th October, .OgC '= »P- 



mmmmmB 



in diameter by one inch and a half m depth. 



The e..s are two in number tor a sitting and oval ,n form, the shell betng close gramed 

 and d, s See m".h and glossy. They are o, a reddish-flesh ground colour, «„h o^ a 



over the !ai,e end, m p ^^^ ^^^^^_^ ^^.^^^^j^ p^j^^ g^^^^d 



^oT::r.':iTe:iYn:st:,e':r°:nd :»:=;: aud are more e.enl, distt.bu.ea over the shell. 



Len-th (A) o-S2 x o-b mches; (B) 0-82 x o-6 inches. 



I am unable to distinguish any difference in colour and size of two -^'o-h.ed s^ons m h 

 Australian Museum collection, obtained in the southern portion of New Gumea, from typical 

 Australian examples of this species. 



Ptilotis chrysops. 



YELLOW-FACED HOXEY-EATER. 

 Svlvia chrysops, Lath., Ind. Oi-n. Suppl. p. liv. (1801). 



7L. ..;.U Oonld, Bds. .u.t. tol., vol. : v., pl^« OS,., . H^lh. Bd.. ..u.tr , V.,. r., 

 p 521 (1865) ; Gadov., Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., Vol. IX., p. .30 (1.VS4). 



aLt M.L«-e«....^ ooZ... a6... a.%-6r...., sli,M,y Unr-d n-if.h oli., -"J ^-"J j";;J;; 



ADULL .uAi.r. ..^ „,„7/, hrown. externally wotsltM witli 



,ro... cures to ,nost of tUefeatkers; upper -^^T U^ 2^ ^^e,: Iro.n, externally e,,ed 



sma 

 the ear 



