PTILOTIS. 



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ADULT MALE.-^«.-v./ cMnr aUn. d.rk bro>on washed ,cifh oli., the n.nude and l.rk ,rUk a 

 tru.ui.da. shaped ool^acems .nark tcnoards the tip of each feather, on .o,ne on the outer u-eh o^dy 

 r,nn.and a,,'er tad rorerts dark o!ire-hrown, the Jhrmer hidistrnrtly rentred and the. latter .nary^ned 



J,, lad JLyen,.r: .,,. a:,t --- /. a ,.tera,d„ .n,,,ed a-dh d.dl .Ure.edoa- aad a..ny 



, ,..„„„.„. 4w r^loa-;s,-a-hde .ark at the ti,: ,,adU I „ //,,„,... / '- ."^-^- 



,, , V ,■ lJhr.ara ect.rnad,, ,aar<,iaed a-dh dad JU-e./eWar. their vnner webs and tips 

 ijriioa, „i j,< '■ 1 ,1 , ,r] ,■,■,,„■„ ,,tlh,' h. ad h'a,-kish-brown, all the feathers 



„arr,arhi edaed with pale bro,c,i; Jorehead and nnaa nj Ita ,,,',,.,, . 



t;,„,,t idholi^e e.ceptonthe sides of the ocoipat, a-h^-b ^sUaek: hiad /• dadblackish-brown, 



eal feather haria,, a fri ,alar .haped whitish aau-k a, th. ,i,,: ar ./ the ,,,■ . ,ar,e bare space; 



7 7 /• / ln.a,h,ear-.a,eaia,a-l,dish: hrhar a ad e.tradi a, Maud it, a conspicuous 



fine plumes t,artudh, InajiU I J ;,„U.tiact aelhnoish 



taft of hri,,ht ,Jolden yellow f-athers: a aarnar hue on the cheeks oh , -In a ,tl, ,a, J 



has^s to aaM of the feathers; chin and du'oat ,jreyish-white tinged w,d, ohr..- J..r. a.rt. aa.t apj, 

 breast dull oli.e-yellow, each feather narrowly streaked down the centre '-'';^^"''^7'^^'7;;'r:" ^ 

 upper breast being more distincdy washed with yellow ; remainder of the. under su^ace^ dull ohvaceous- 

 reen, the. feathers on the centre of the Unoer hreast having whitish centres, and thnr basal ,.orti.n 

 'a consjdcuous broad streak of blackish-brown; abdomen dull oHvaceous-green ,ad,st,arly str.akea 

 .,rlth dad olive-yellow; under tad-,;,r.rls creamy-white tinged with oli^e ; "btllUark,: ^;.'/-"" ;/^'' 

 ,rey: iris dark brown, nearly hhn-k, hare space below and behind the eye yelUar ' (Smith). ! otal 

 'length 7 inches, wing 4:5, tail S'l, bid n-S.5, tarsus 1. 



Adult female "iiaidar in plumagr to the male. 



i)is<»-i6)i<ion— North-eastern Queensland. 



/T^HE original description of the 

 J_ present species formed the 



subject of the first paper read by Dr. 

 E. P. Ramsay, at the inaugural monthly 

 meeting of the Linnean Society of New 

 South Wales, held on the 25th January, 

 1875, the description appearing in the 

 first part of the Society's Proceedings, 

 published on the 27th April following.- 

 Gould also described it later on in the 

 same year, under the name of Ptilotis 

 flavostriata, in the Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society, his description of 

 it being published in Part II., on the 

 1st August, 1875.1 



Relative to Ptilotis macleayana. Dr. 

 Ramsay in his original description remarks:-" This fine species of P^.7.^/., which I propose 

 namin/in honour of our distinguished President, is closely allied to PtUoUs versicolor, of Gould s 

 •Birds'of Australia,': difTenng somewhat in the general markings, but chiefly tn the absence of 

 the white patch behind the ear-coverts and the black and yellow markings on the side of the 

 head The bird is about the same in size and curiously enough has every appearance of being 

 a younc. bird, so much so, that although I have been acquainted with this bird for some time I 

 deferred describing it until several male specimens were obtained. In some notes sent to the 

 Zoological Society of London,; I erroneously entered it as the young of Ptdot. versicolor? 



macleay's honey-eater. 



' Proc. Linn. Soc. N.SW., Vol. I., part i.. p. 10, 27th April {1875). 



t Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc , 1S75, part II, , p. 316, ist August. 



; Gould, Bds. Austr., Vol. IV , pi. 34 (1S48). 



§ Proc. Zool. Soc , 1SO8, p- 3S6, sp. 25. 



