2. MELITHREPTTJS. 



205 



small bare space above the eye scarlet ; 

 brown; iria very dark hvown" (Gould). 

 wing 2-85-3-1, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-65, 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



Ilab. Australia. 



a, b. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 c, d. Ad. sk. 

 e. [ (5' ] imm. sk. 

 f,g,h. Ad.; 

 i. Imm. sk. 

 k. Ad. sk. 



l-\_6'\ ad. sk. 

 m, n. 2 ad. sk. 

 o,p. (5 2 ^d. St. 

 q. Skeleton. 



South Australia. 

 South Austraha. 

 South Australia. 

 New South Wales. 



Australia. 



West Australia. 

 N. S. Wales. 

 N. S. Wales. 



feet olive ; biU blackish 

 Culmen 0'55-0'6 inch, 



Sir George Grey [P.]. 

 Gould Collection. 

 Gould Collection. 

 Gould Collection. 



F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. 

 J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 

 J. Gould, Esq. I C.l. 

 J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 

 Purchased. 



Subspecies a. Melithreptus albigularis. 



Melithreptus albogularis. Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 220; id. B. 

 Austr. pi. 74 ; ;V/. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 571 ; Gray, Gen. B., 

 App. p. 6; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 161, no. 2103; id. Cat. B. Neio 

 Guin. p. 56 ; id. P. Z. <S'. 1858, p. 191 ; Raynsay, Proc. Linn, Soc. 

 K S. W. i. p. 391, ii. p. 190, iii. p. 287, iv. p. 100. 

 Mehthreptus albigularis, Bp. C. A. i. p. 395 (1850) ; Reichenb. Voy. 

 Neuholl. n. 554; id. Handb. spec. Orn., Mtropince, p. 137 pi. 501. 

 tigs. 3503-5 ; Sharpe,Journ. Linn. Hoc, Zool. xiii. p. 497; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 80; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 362. 



Closely allied to j\J. lunulatus, but a little smaller ; u23per jjarts 

 more yellow and less olive, and the chin pure white ; " iris duU 

 red ; bill brownish black ; legs and feet greenish grey, with a tinge 

 of blue on the front of the tarsi"' (Gould). Wing 2-(j-2-8 inches. 



Young birds resemble the adults, but have the crown and sides 

 of the head pale reddish brown. 



Hah. North Australia and Southern New Guinea. 



a, b, V, d. Ad. sk. 

 e-k. [ d 2 ] ad. sk. 



/, m. Juv. ^k. 



n. (5 ad. sk. 

 0. [ cf ] ad. sk. 

 p. Ad. sk. 



Cape York. 

 Queensland. 



Queensland. 



I'ort Es.singtou. 



IS orth-western Au»traha. 



S.E. New Guinea. 



2. Melithreptus gularis. 



J. Goidd, Esq. [C.]. 

 ¥. 1). Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 F. D. Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 J. B. Jukes, Esq. IP. |. 

 J.l;.EL-ev,Esq. [P.]. 

 Mr. A. Goidie [C.]. 



Ilffimatops jiularis, Gould, P. Z. S. 183C, p. 144. 



RleUthreptus gularis, Gould, B. Austr. pi. 71 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. 



ii. p. 566; Bp. C A. i. p. 395; Cub. Mus. Hein. i. p. 116; Gray, 



Ge".. B. pi. 40; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 161, no. 2102 ; Ranmiy, Proc. 



Linn. Soc. X. S. JJ'. ii. p. 190 (la78j. 

 Melithreptus Itetiur, Gould, Ann. S,- May. Afl<. Hist, (4) 1875, xvi. 



p. 287 ; id. B. New Guinea, part ii. 



