A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 Voy. H.M.S. ■Clialluuger.' 

 Rev. J. Macfarlane [C.]. 

 Mr. A. Goldie [CI. 

 Mr. A. Guldie [G.]. 

 Voy. II.M.S. ' Ohallenger,' 

 J. Gould, Esq. (Type of 



species.) 

 F. D. Godmau and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 p. Ad. sk. Somerset, Cape Y'ork. F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



viu, Esqrs. [P.]- 

 q, r. Ad. sk. Port Albany. Purchased. 



18. Ptilotis chrysotis. 



Philedon chrysotis, Less. Voy. Coq., Zool. i. p. 64-5, pi. 21 (1826) ; 



Rosenberg, Malay. Archip. p. (596. 

 Myzautha flaviventer, Less. Man. d'Oni. ii. p. G7 (1828). 

 Myzantha chrysotis, Less. I'raite d'Orn. i. p. 302 (1831) ; id. Compl. 



Buff., Ois. p. 594. 

 Tropidorhyuchus chrysotis, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 125 (1846) ; Bp. C. 



A. i. p. 390 ; Sclat. Proc. Lmn. Soc. ii. p. 158 (1858) ; Gray, Cat. B. 

 Neiii Guin. pp. 25,55; Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 165. 



Xauthotis flaviventris, Reichenh. Handb. Merop. p. 139, fig. 3512 



(1852). 

 Xanthotis chrysotis, Bp. C. R. xxxviii. p. 262 (1854) ; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 159, no. 2070 ; Meyer, Sitzb. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ixx. pp. 113, 

 207 ; Salvud. Ann. Mas. Cio. Gen. viii. p. 401, x. p. 147, xvi. 

 p. 78; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 347. 



PtUotis flaviventris, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 190 ; id. Cat. B. New 

 Gain. p. 55 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 429. 



Ptilotis chrysotis. Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 166. 



Anthochsera chrysotis, Giebel, Thes. Orn. i. p. 375 (1872) ; Rosen- 

 berg, Malay. Archip. p. 553. 



Adult. Closely allied to P. filigera, from which it mainly differs 

 as follows : — Mantle, hind neck, and crown strongly washed with 

 olive; the feathers of the hind neck and occiput generally not tipped 

 with grey ; chest and breast rufous, strongly washed with olive- 

 yellow ; abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts inclining to rufous- 

 brown. Wing 3-7-4 inches. 



Ohs. Specimens from Dorey are somewhat intermediate between 

 this species and P.fdujera, having the feathers of the hind neck 

 slightly tipped with grey. The specimens from Waigiou are the 

 most richly coloured. 



Hah. New Guinea, Salwati, Mysol, and Waigiou. 



a, b. (S 2 ^^- ^^- Dorey. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



c'. (S ad. sk. Salwati. A. R. WaUace, Esq. [C.I. 



d. cJ ad. sk. Waigiou. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C], 



e. Ad. sk. Mysol. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.j. 



f. Ad. sk. Mysol ( Wallace). Gould Collection. 



