4. PTiLOTis. 225 



m. Auricular region without any yellow or white 



patches ; plumage uniformly dull-coloured. 



/'. Inner web of remiges edged with fulvous; 



without any wattle at o-ape. , ^ no-, 



c". [Jnderparts and crown grey, mottled .... "!«'''«<»-«^«, P- 247. 

 y. Underparts not mottkxL ' ''"»^'"^«' P' ^^^ ' 



e'". Leng-th of bill about 0-8 inch; upper 



parts dull green virescens, p. 248. 



/'". Length of bill about 1*5 inch ; upper 



parts olive-brown megalorhynchus, 



m'. Inner web of quills whitish ; small wattle at [p. 248, 



gape ; plumage uniform dull brownish grey unicolor, p. 249. 

 n'. Inner web of remiges edged with white ; no 



wattles ; sides of breast and ilanks rufous . oythrojdeura, p. 249. 



1. Ptilotis carunculata, 



'S^'attled Creeper, Laf/i. Gen. Si/71. i. p. 732 (1781) ; id. op. cit. 



Swppl. i. p. 129 ; Cook's Last Voy. i. p. 334 (1784) ; Forster, 



Cook's dritte Entd. Rcise, i. p. 238 (1787). 

 Certhia carunculata, Gm. S. N. i. p. 472 (1788) ; Lath. Lnd. Orn. 



p. 295 ; Bechst. Lath. Uebersicht, i. p. 598 (1793), iv. p. 186 ; 



Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 165 (1844). 

 Le Foulehaio, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 131, ph 69 (cJ), pi. 70 



Creadion musicus, Vieill. Nonv. Diet. Se. Nat. xxxix. p. 480. 



Creadion tabuensis, Steph. {fide Gray). 



Foulehaio musicus, Reichenh. Handh. Meropince, i. p. 110, pi. 497. 



fig. 3550. 

 Meliphaga carunculata, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 122; Peale, U. S. 



Expl. F.ip. p. 144, pi. 42. fig. 2 (1844); Hartl. Wiegtn. Arch.f. 



Naturg. 1852, p. 108 ; Gray, B. Trop. Isl. p. 12 ; id. Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 157, no. 2051. 

 Ptilotis carunculata, Cass. U. 8. Expl. Exp. p. 173 (1858) ; Finsch 



^- Hartl. Faun Centralpolyn. p. 58, pi. 5. fig. 2 ; Layard, P. Z. S. 



1875, p. 432; Fi7i^ch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 732; id. Voy. H.M.S. 



' Challenger,' Zool. ii. p. 45. 

 Myzanthe caruncidata, Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 168. 

 Ptilotis analoga, Godefr. Cat. i. & ii. {fide Finsch ^ Hartl.). 

 Ptilotis procerior, Finsch i^- Hartl. Faun. Centralpolyn. p. 62, pi. 5. 



tig. 3 (1807) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 157, no. 2052 ; Layard, 



P. Z. S. 1875, p. 431 ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 732 ; id. Voy. H.M.S. 



^Challenger,' Zool. ii. p. 46, pi. 12. fig. 2. 

 Ptilotis flavo-aiu'ita, Layard, Lbis, 1876, p. 147. 



Adult. All the upper parts of the body olive-green, with darker 

 brownish centres to the feathers ; wings and tail dark broi^'n, exter- 

 nally edged with oliTe-yellow ; inner margin of quills inclining to 

 silky white ; edge of wing yellowish ; all the underparts of the 

 body dingy olive-grey, more or less tinged with yellow ; the chest 

 and fore neck showing slight mottlings, these produced by the 

 feathers being slightly darker towards the tip. The skin of the 

 cheeks is transformed into a largo wattle, which in young birds is 

 almost entirely covered with short dull blackish feathers, whilst in 

 immature birds only the anterior and upper half is covered with 



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