214 meliphagidj:. 



Bace G. cliloris. 



Stip:matops cliloris, Salvad. in Mus. Luijd. ; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



xii. p. ;537 (1878), xvi. p. 70 ; id. Oni. Papuns. e Molucc/ie, ii. p. 325. 

 Stig'matops argentaiu-is (pt.), Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 33(3 



(1878). 



liace G. subocularis. 



Glyciphila (?) subocularis, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 154. 

 Glyciphila ocularis, Gould, B. Audr. iv. pi. 31 (partim). 

 Stigmatops subocularig, Gould, Ilandh. B. Austi: i. p. 501 ; Ramsay, 



Proc. Linn. Soc. K. ,S. IF. ii. p. 180. 

 Glyciphila subocularis, Grni/, Iland-l. B. i. p. 155, no. 2012. 



Achilt male. Upper parts of head, hind neck, mantle, and back 

 uniform dark olive-brown, changing into yellowish brown on the 

 rump and iipper tail-coverts ; wings and tail dai'k brown exter- 

 nally, strongly washed with greenish yellow ; all the underparts 

 dull yellowish whitf^, strongly washed with brownish grey on the 

 breast and fore neck ; behind the eye a small patch of peculiar, 

 glossy yellow feathers ; the feathers below the eye very short, 

 blackish at base, with glossy silvtsry tips ; bill dark brown ; feet 

 grey ; iris light red. Culmen 0*7 inch, wing 2-G-2-S, tail 2-2, 

 tarsus 0'65. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



Hah. North Australia. 



In the Aru Islands, Lombok, and Timor G. ocularis seems to be 

 represented by a larger and slightly more greyish race, with whitish- 

 yellow ear-coverts {G. chloris): adult male — culmen 0-8-0-83 inch, 

 wing 2-8-3'0, tail 2-2-2-3, tarsus 0-7. In North-western Australia 

 G. ocularis is partly replaced by a smaller and slightly more yellowish- 

 tinted race (G. subocularis) : culmen O'G-O*? inch, wing 2-3-2-5, 

 tail 2, tarsus 0-61. Intermediate forms, however, frequently occur. 



«. Island Bace (G. chloris). 



a, b, c. d' 2 fid. sk. Aru Islands. F. D. Godnian and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



d, e. (J ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 

 /. [ d ] ad. sk. Lombok. A. K. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 

 ff, h. Ad. sk. Mjsol {Hoedf). Gould Collection. 



/3. Continental Race (G. ocularis). 



rt.Jad.sk. Percy Island (Z)/-. C'o/J- Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert.' 



pinr/er) . 



b, [2]ad. sk. Australia. Linnean Society [P.]. (Type 



of Meliph. indistincta, Vig. 

 & Horsfield.) 



c, d. Ad. ak. Australia. Gould Collection. 



e, 9ad.sk. Queensland. F. 1). Godnian and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



f, g. S ad. sk. Port Essington. Capt. W. Chambers [P.]. 

 h. \6^ ad. sk. Port Essington. Dr. Sibbald [P.]. 



i. \'S ] ad. sk. Port Essington. Gould Collection. 



k. Imm. sk. Australia. Gould Collection. 



