■i. PXILOTIS. 227 



y,z. cJ $ ad. sk. Matuka. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger 



a', V. cJ 2 ad. sk. Matuka(I>r.iiay»«'r). Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



2. Ptilotis analoga. 



• Ptilotis analogue, Hovihr. et Jacq. Voy. Pole Sad, iii. Zool. pi. 17. 



fig. 2. 

 Ptilotis analoga, Eeichenb. Hcmclb. Meropina, p. 103, fig. 3332 



(1852); Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 164; Salvad. e d" Albert. Ann. 



Mils. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 825 ; Sharjie, Proc. Linn. Sac. xiii. 1877, 



p. 497 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. K. S. W. iii. pp. Ill, 28G, iv. 



p. 100 ; Salvacl. Orn. Pajniasia etc. ii. p. 327. 

 Ptilotis similis, Jacfj. et Pucher. Voy. Pule Sud, iii. Zool. p. 80 



(1853) ; ITartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 164; Scl. Pr. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 157 



(1858); Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 174; 1859, p. 155; 1861, 



p. 434 ; id. Cat. B. New Guin. p. 24 ; Rosenberg, Nat. Tijdschr. 



Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 326 ; id. J. f. O. 1864, p. 122 ; Finsch, Neu- 



Guin. p. 164 ; Goidd, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 217 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 156, no. 2032. 

 Ptilotis aiu'icidata, S. Miill. in Mus. Lugd. (teste Salvad.) ; Scl. Pr, 



Linn. Soc. ii. p. 157 (1858), sine descript. ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, 



p. 191; id. Cat. B. New Guin. p. 24; id. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 434; 



Rosenberg, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxt. p. 326; id. J.f. O. 1864, 



p. 122 ; Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 165 ; Gray, Hatid-l. B. i. p. 157, no. 



2044 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 157 ; 3Ieyer, Sitzb. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ixx. 



p. 207 ; Rosenb. Malay. Arch. p. 553. 

 Ptilotis similis, var.. Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 428 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 156, no. 2032. 

 Ptilotis gracilis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 227 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. W.ii. pp. 189, 207. 

 Ptilotis notata, Gould, Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. xx. p. 269 (1867) ; id. B. 



Austr. Suppl. pi. 41 ; Masters, P\ Linn. Soc, N. S. W. i. p. 55 ; 



Ramsay, op. cit. ii. pp. 189, 207 ; Salvad. e d^ Albert. Ann. Mus. 



Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 80. 

 Meliphaga aiuiculata, S. Miill. in Mus. Lugd, ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, 



p. 694, note. 

 Meliphaga similis, Giebel, Thes. Orn. ii. p. 557 (1875) ; Rosenb. 



Malay. Archip. pp. 364, 395, 553 (1879). 

 Ptilotis flavirictus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 76 (1880) ; 



id. Orn. Pupuasia etc. ii. p. 332. 



Adult. All the upper parts, including the outer webs of the wings 

 and tail, uniform olive ; a small spot beneath the ear, car-coverts, and 

 feathers behind the ear pale yellow ; uuderparts of the body pale 

 olive-grey ; centre of abdomen, edge of wing, under wing-covcrts, 

 and inner margin of quills yellowish ; the feathers of the lower back 

 and rump very fluffy, ihosc nearer to the flanks with concealed 

 terminal spots of whitish ; biU and iris black ; feet lead-colour ; 

 skin of the gape swollen, and forming something like a small yellow 

 wattle. 



Ohs. The biU of this species is subject to much variation in size, 

 independently of geographical distribution : the specimen in the 

 National Collection with the longest cidmcn (U"92 inch) is a male 

 from the Aru Islands ; another, with culmen U-85 inch, is from Cape 

 York; and a thii'd, with culmen U-b6 inch, is from East Cape, Aew 



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