230 



MELTPHAGID.T. 



most of the feathers of the breast and fore neck faintlj' darker 

 at the tips and towards the shafts, giving these parts a slightly 

 mottled appearance ; edge of wing, under wing-coverts, and 

 inner margin of qnills fulvous 3rellow ; " bill black at the tip, 

 yellow at the base ; legs purplish flesh-colour ; iris dark lead- 

 colour ; gape white" (Gould). Culmon 0*8 inch, wing 3'6, tail 

 3-4, tarsus 0-93. 



The sexes are alike in plumage, but the female is slightly smaller. 



Hab. From Victoria and New South Wales as far north as 

 Rockingham Bay. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. c? ad. St. 



d. Pull. sk. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. 



(/, h. [ c? ] ad. sk. 



/, /i. c? 2 ad. sk. 



/. 2 ad. sk. 



m. Skeleton. 



n. Skeleton. 



Australia. 



Australia. 



New South Wales. 



New South Wales. 



Port Molle, Q,ueensland 



(Dr. Coppinrjer). 

 Queensland (Cocherell). 



Dunk Island, Queensland 



(Macqillivraxf). 

 Moreton Bay, July 24, 1851. 

 New South Wales. 



New South Wales. 



Gould Collection. 



Purchased. 



.1. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



J. Gould, Esq. [0.]. 



Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert.' 



F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Gould Collection. 



Gould Collection. 



J. Macgillivray, Esq. 



Eyton Collection. 



6. Ptilotis provocator. 



Ptilotis provocator, Laynrd, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 28 : id. Ibis, 1876, 

 pp. 155, 392 ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 73.3 ; id. Report Voy. H.M.S. 

 ^ Challenger,^ vol. ii. p. 47. 



Ptilotis xanthophrys, Finsch, Joiirn. 3Ius. Godejfr. xii. p. 5 (187G). 



Achdt. The bare parts in this species restricted to a narrow ring 

 round the eye ; feathers of the sides of the neck and fore neck lan- 

 ceolate ; upper parts olive-brown ; the feathers of the mantle with 

 white shafts, those of the crown pale grey towards the centre ; 

 wings and tail brown, the former with pale edges ; the sides of head 

 and ear-covcrts and a few feathers behind the ear dull white ; checks 

 blackish brown ; lores whitish ; underparts dingy brownish grey, 

 the feathers with white shafts ; abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 more inclining to whitish ; under wing-coverts and inner margin of 

 remiges pale buff ; edge of wing inclining to yellow ; most of the 

 feathers of the upper parts, throat, and breast faintly edged with olive ; 

 the sides of the neck washed with dull yellow ; bill black ; iris 

 brown. Culmen 1-0-1 -1 inch, wing 4-0-4-3, tail 3-0-3-3, tarsus 

 ] •15-1-2. 



Immature hirdu have the wing-coverts and quills narrowly edged 

 with pale yellowish olive, whilst the upper and under parts of the 

 body are more or less strongly washed with that colour. 



Female. Wing 3-4-3-9 inches. 



Hab. Kandavu, Fiji Islands. 



