4. PTiLOTis. 229 



3. Ptilotis albinotata. 



Ptilotis albonotata, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 33 (1870), 



xvi. p. 76 ; id. Oni. Pajmasia etc. ii. p. 333. 

 Ptilotis moutana, Salvad. Ann. Mus. viv. Gen. xvi. p. 77 (1880) ; 



id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 333. 



" Like P. analoga, but with the ear-coverts, the feathers behind 

 the car, and the small subocnlar spot white instead of yellow ; bill 

 black; feet ashy; iris pale ashy. Culmen 0-G2 inch, wing 3-25, 

 tail 2-8, tarsus 6-87." {Salvadom.) 



Hab. x^ew Guinea. 



4, Ptilotis fusca. 



Meliphaga fusca, Gould, Si/nops. B. Austr. pt. ii. ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 121 : id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 1.56, no. 2028. 

 Ptilotis fusca, Gould, op. cit. pt. iv. ; id. B. Austr. iv. pi. 44 ; id, 



Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 520 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 392 : Ramsay, Proe. 



Linn. Sac. N. S. W. ii. p. 189. 



Adult. AU the iipper parts, including the crown and the sides of 

 the head, pale brown, with a slight olive-grey tinge ; wings and tail 

 light brown, the outer webs strongly washed with olive-yellow ; under 

 wing-coverts and inner margin of quills pale fulvous ; ear- coverts 

 like the crown, slightly tipped with dark brown ; behind the ear- 

 coverts a very small patch of pale yellow ; under surface of body very 

 pale greyish brown, changing into dull brownish white on the 

 abdomen and under tail- coverts ; "iris light yellow; gape and 

 corners of the mouth yellow ; bill duU yellow at the base and black 

 at the tip ; feet fleshy brown " (Gould). Culmen 0-64 inch, wing 

 3-3, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-75. 



Hah. From Eockingham Bay to New South Wales and Victoria. 



a. $ ad. sk. Moreton Bay- Gould Collection. 



b. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Gould Collection, 

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



5. Ptilotis lewini. 



Meliphaga chrysotis, Lewin (nee Lath.), B. N. S. W. pi. 5 (1838). 



Certhia xanthotis, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 244 (1812). 



Ptilotis lewiuii, Stvains. Classif. B. ii. p. 326 ; Gould, Handb, B. 



Austr. i. p. 503 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 189. 

 Ptib)tis chrysotis, Gould, B. Austr. iv. pi. 32 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 392 



(partim). 

 Melipliafra lewinii, Gray, Gen, B. i. p. 122; id lTand4. B. i. p. 156, 



no. 2017. 



Adult. All the upper parts uniform duU olive-green, slightly 

 brighter on the wings and taU ; a spot below the eye and a large oval 

 spot behind the ear pale yellow ; prffiocular region, part of the cheeks, 

 and oar-coverts blackish silky grey : xmdcrparts of the bodv dull 

 olive-grey, mottled w ith whitish and yellowish on the abdomen ; 



