l86 Campbell, hirds from Gouidian-Gilhert type-locatity. [,^f"j'^„. 



Glyciphila fasciata, Gould. White-breasted Honey-eater. 

 Ryanornis f. fasciatiis. 



Three ??. No appreciable difference in these type-locality 

 birds and North-West ones. Average wing measurements — 

 ?, 68 mm. ; North-West (Napier Broome Bay), 3, 71, $ 68 mm. 



Conopophila albogularis, Gould. Rufous-breasted Honey-eater. 



Four So. Have darker flanks than their near ally, riifogularis, 

 and have a white throat and brown (buffy) breast mark. 



Ptilotis unicolor, Gould. White-gaped Honey-eater. 

 Stomiopera u. unicolor. 



One S, wing 98 mm. ; 3 $?, wing 87-go mm. This unique 

 bird, Gould records, " is one of the many species that rewarded 

 Gilbert's researches at Port Essington." It is well named specific- 

 ally, being of a uniform olive-brown appearance. It is not 

 appreciably different from Gulf (Carpentaria) birds, or those 

 from the North-West, which latter, however, may be a trifle (tint) 

 lighter. One specimen in the " H. L. White Collection," from 

 Cairns, has a greenish hue — perhaps a seasonal or age-stage of 

 plumage. If not, Mathews's sub-species [yarra) is a good race. 



Entomyza albipennis, Gould. White-quilled Honey-eater. 

 Entomyzon cyanotis albipennis. 



One o, wing 150 mm. ; 2 ??. According to Gilbert, this is a 

 " day-dawn bird "■ — one of the first heard at early morn. The 

 white-winged Entomyza appears to be confined to the northern 

 centre and North-West Australia, with no discernible sub-specific 

 difference, while the bigger brown-winged birds range eastern 

 Australia from north to south. 



Philemon (citreogularis) sordidus, Gould. Little Friar-Bird. 



Microphilemon orientalis sordidus. 



Two S6, I ?• Another of the drab-coloured birds of the north. 

 Smaller, buffy-brown, and not so greyish as the common species, 

 citreogularis. Its near neighbour {occidentalis, Ramsay) in the 

 North-West may be a trifle lighter. Some specimens exhibit a 

 few yellow feathers on the breast, possibly due to immaturity. 

 This Gilbertian bird has not been figured. 



Tropidorhynchus argenticeps, Gould. Silvery-crowned Friar-Bird. 



Philemon a. argenticeps. 



Two SS, wing 135-138 mm. ; i ?, wing 139 mm. Same drab- 

 coloured back as in Philemon sordidus, and does not appreciably 

 differ from Macarthur River (Territory) and North-West birds, 

 the latter locality evidently being the true type-locality (see 

 P. Z. S., 1839, p. 144). Gould procured his original specimens 

 from Ben. Bynoc, surgeon, H.M.S. Beagle, whom (iould met at 

 Sydney.* That being so, Mr. Mathews can hardly sustain his 

 sub. broomei for North-West Australia. 



* " Handbook," i., p. 548. 



