4. rTiL0Ti8. 241 



i. p. 510; Bp. C. A. i. p. 392; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 

 ii. p. 189. 



Adult. Feathers of the whole crown, occiput, and nape grey, with a 

 dark central streak ; ear-coverts pure white ; rest of the sides of the 

 head, cheeks, throat, and fore neck dull black ; hind neck, mantle, and 

 back rich }•ello^\■ish olive ; wings and tail brown, externally strongly 

 ■washed with olive-yellow ; tail-feathers with narrow pale tips ; 

 chest and sides of neck olive-yellow like the mantle, changing or 

 passing into yellow on the breast, abdomen, and under tail- coverts ; 

 flanks washed with greyish olive ; edge of wing, axillaries, and tips 

 of most of the wing-coverts rich yellow ; rest of the under wing- 

 coverts and inner margin of quills fulvous yellow ; " biU black ; iris 

 greenish grey, with a narrow ring of pale wood-brown ; feet leaden 

 greenish grey " {Gould). 



Young and immature birds have the fore neck and throat dull 

 brownish grey instead of black, and the yellow in the plumage is 

 much less developed than in the adult. 



Culmen. ^^'ing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



Ad. S 0-73 3-7-4'2 3'8-42 09 



Ad. 2 0-63 3-5 3-2 0-8o 



Hah. k^outh-castern, Southern, and Western Australia. 



a,b. S 2 ad. sk. New South M'ales. Gould Collection. 



c. Ad. St. New South Wales. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. S.E. Australia. Sir D. 0. Cooper [P.]. 

 e,f. [ (5 ] ad. sk. S.E. Austraha. F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 

 via, Esqrs. [P.]. 



^, A. [d 2] ad. sk. Mui-ray Eiver. F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 i. cfad. ; A;. Juv. sk. Murray Eiver, Sir George Grey [P.]. 



23. Ptilotis cockerelli. 



Ptilotis cockerelli, Guidd, Ann. S,- May. N. H. 1809, iv. p. 109; id. 



B. Austr. ISiqyjd. pi. 43 ; Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii 



p. 189. 

 Meliphaga cockerelli, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 157, no. 2038. 



Adult. Fppcr parts of the body brown, passing into dark silky grey 

 on the forehead : ocular region and ear-coverts silky silvery grey ; a 

 few feathers of the cheeks, the long tufty feather's on the hinder 

 and upper margins of the ear-o])ening. and the tips of a few feathers 

 on the sides of the upper chest golden yellow ; wings and win<r- 

 coverts and tail brown, strongly washed with rich wax-yellow on 

 the outer webs ; greater and median wing-coverts with small whitish 

 tips ; under wing-coverts and inner margin of quills fulvous ; edge 

 of wing and the rest of the underparts white ; most of the feathers 

 with rather indistinct brown streaks or patches ; feathers of the 



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