232 MELIPnAGrD.E. 



9. Ptilotis flavistriata. 



Ptilotis flavostriata, Gould, P. Z, S. 1875, p. 316 ; id. B. Neio Guin. 

 pt. 2. 



Adult. Sub- and post-ocular regions bare, probably yellow in tbe 

 flesh ; the skin on the hinder margin of the ear-opening drawn out into 

 a small flap ; the ear-openmg itself unprotected, the feathers between 

 it and the eye being very short and thin ; the skin of the cheeks in 

 the prolongation of the gape forming a little elevated ridge ; feathers 

 behind the ear and cheeks golden yellow ; crown of head dark olive- 

 brown, blackish brown towards the sides of the occipiit ; feathers of 

 nape and hind neck blackish brown, tipped with grej-ish white ; fea- 

 thers of the mantle dark brown, with large ochraceous tips : feathers 

 of the lower back long and fluffy, dark brown, inclining to brownish 

 yellow towards the tip ; wings and tail brown, externally edged 

 with pale olive-yellow ; wing-coverts brown, with whitish tips and 

 pale edges ; throat duU white ; feathers of chest and breast with a 

 lateral patch of dark brown on each web, those of the chest and 

 upper breast with a bright yellow streak near the tip ; feathers of 

 the lower breast whitish, besides the two lateral brown patches ; 

 fore neck and chest washed with greenish, the breast, especially on 

 the sides, with dull yellow ; flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts 

 brownish white or creamy ; abdomen brownish olive ; edge of wing 

 and part of under wing-coverts fulvous yellow ; rest of under wing- 

 coverts and inner margin of remiges fulvous ; bill blackish brown. 

 Culmen l-Oo inch, wing 3"G, tail 3, tarsus l-do. 



Hah. N.E. Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. Rockingham Bay. Gould Collection. (Type 



of species.) 



10. Ptilotis maculata. 



Meliphaga maculata, Temm. PL Col. iv. pi. 29. fig. 1 (1824) ; Miill. 



Verh. Nat. Gesc.h. Land- en Volkenk. p. 162 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 122 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 1-57, no. 20-36. 

 Ptilotis maculata, Bp. C. A. i. p. 392 ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 486 ; 



Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 164. 



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

 remiges, and the wing-coverts uniform rich olive -yellow ; inner 

 web of remiges brown, edged with silky white; checks whitish, 

 partly bare towards the eye ; ear-coverts rich orange-yellow ; chin 

 and upper throat greyish ; sides of neck and rest of underparts, 

 including edge of wing, golden yellow, each feather with a triangular 

 central patch of brown, giving the fore neck, chest, and breast a 

 very spotted appearance. Culmen 0'7-0-77 inch, wing 2-4-2-8, 

 tail 3-15-3-5, tarsus 0-7-0-75. 



The sexes are exactly alike in plumage, differing only in size. 



Hah. Timor. 



a,b. c?; c. $ ad. sk. E. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. F,. Timov (Wallace). Gould Collection. 



e rS ad. st. Timor. E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 



