4. PTILOTIS. 231 



a,b,c. c?; d, e. $ Kandavu. Voy. H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



ad. sk. 

 /■ 6 juv. Kandavu. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



ff, h. S ? ad. sk. Kandavu, Aug. 4. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 



7. Ptilotis frenata. 



Ptilotis frenata, Rammy, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 603 ; Goiild, B. Neiu Guin. 

 pt. 2. 



Adult. Subocular region partly bare of feathers ; postocular region 

 covered -with a few white feathers, which are tipped with blackish 

 brown ; car-coverts and cheeks blackish brown ; a few feathers on the 

 sides of the occiput above the ear-coverts bright yellow, forming 

 a small tuft : all the np]ier parts, including the wings and tail, 

 olive-browu, darker on the crown and especially on the forehead ; 

 wings and tail externally slightly washed with olive ; chin and sides 

 of neck dull brown ; throat freckled with brown and dull yellow ; 

 rest of the undorparts of the body brownish grej', darkest on the 

 breast, palest on the abdomen ; under wing-coverts and inner 

 margin of quiUs pale fulvous ; bill dark brown, pale at basal half; 

 small fleshy appendages on the gape yellow. Culmen 0-83 inch, 

 wing 3-U, tail 3*4, tarsus 0*95. 



Hah. N.E. Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. Rocldngham Bay {Ramsay). Gould Collection. 



S. Ptilotis subfrenata. 



Ptilotis subfrenata, Salvad. Ann. Miis. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 498 (1875), 

 xvi. p. 77 ; id. Oni. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 337. 



Adult. Feathers of upper parts blackish brown, edged with olive ; 

 underparts dingy brownish grey, slightly tinged with olive; forehead 

 grey ; sides of occiput and neck black ; a golden-yellow stripe 

 extending from the pra;ocular region, beneath the eye, and over the 

 car-coverts ; on each side of the neck a white patch ; throat brownish 

 grey, bordered with yellow on each side ; wings blackish brown, ex- 

 ternally edged with olive-green, internally with rufous ; under 

 wing-coverts dull fulvous yellow ; tail much rounded, rather 

 graduate, blackish brown above, externally edged with olive-green ; 

 bill black ; feet blackish brown. Culmen O-yS inch, wing 3'7, tail 3*7, 

 tarsus 0"95. (Srdvadori.) 



The femcde (or immature bird ?) resembles the male, but is slightly 

 smaller, and has the under tail-coverts rufescent. 



Hah. Arfak Mountains, N.W. New Guinea. 



