Sl'^ MELIPHAGID^. 



wing-coverts black, edged with yellowish white ; inner web of 

 quills black, without paler margins ; " bill black ; feet blackish 

 broM-n ; iris reddish bro^'U ; warty excrescences covering the face 

 dirty yellowish white" (Goxdd). Cnlmcn 0-84 inch, wing •i-2-4-5, 

 tail 3-8-4-2, tarsus 0-85. 



The female resembles the male in coloration, but is smaller. 

 Wing 4-15 inches. 



Ohs. A few feathers on the sides of the upper chest are longer 

 than the others and fluffy, coloured yellow — a curious indication of 

 the relationship of this species. 



Hah. From llockingham Bay to New South Wales. 



a. Ad. St. New South Wales. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



h. (^ ad. sk. South Australia. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Gould Collection. 



d, e. Ad. sk. New South Wales. F. D. Godman aud 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 /. c? ad. st. New South Wales. Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



g. S ad. st. Maitlaud, Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



A. Ad. sk. Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 



4. PTILOTIS*. 



Type. 

 Myzantha, Lesson (jiec Vig. ^ Jlorsf.), Traite d'Orn. i. 



p. 302 (1831) P. chrysotis. 



Ptilotis, 8wainso7i, Classif. of Birds, ii. p. 326 (1837) . P. lewinii. 

 Lichenostomus, Cah. Mus. Hein. i. p. 119 (1851) .... P. cratitia. 

 Stomioptera, Reiclxenh. Handb. spvc.Orn. i. p. 109 (1851) P. unicolor. 



Foulehaio, Reichenb. op. cit. p. 110 P. carunculata, 



Xanthutis, Reichenb. op. cit. p. 139 P. chrysotis. 



Bill equal to, or slightly longer than, the rest of the head ; culmen 

 ridged, slightly curved. Tip of wing formed by primaries 3, 4, 5, 

 and 6. Secondaries varying between four fifths and five sixths of 

 the length of the wing. Tail square or slightly rounded, generally 

 a little shorter than the wing (in P. auricomis slightly longer). 

 Pattern of colour very plain, mostly olive above, dingy yellowish 

 below ; inner web of remiges invariably broadly margined with 

 fulvous or yellowish. Skin on sides of head frequently bare of 

 feathers and transformed into wattles. Pai'otic feathers often stiff", 

 and most frequently coloured yellow or white. No other colours 



* The following species I do not know where (o place in this genus : — 



Ptilotis ixoides. 



Ptilotis? ixoides, Sahad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 338 (1878), xvi. p. 77. 

 Ptilotis ixoides, Salvad. Orn. Papiiasia etc. ii. p. 339. 



" Upper parts reddish brown, tinged with olive ; feathers of the crown edged 

 with olive-grey, I'uscous towards the centre ; leathers of the back fuscous, edged 

 with olive ; leathers of the lower back very fluffy, dark olive ; wings and tail 

 brown, narrowly edged with olive ; inner margin of reiuiges and under wing- 

 coverts rufous ; underparts of the body olive-grey, with faint fuscous bars ; 

 bill brown ; feet lead-colour. Culmen 0'62 inch, wing 3*25, tail 2-G5, tarsus U'92. 

 {SaJvartori.) 



Hah. New Guinea. 



