242 MELIPHAGID^. 



throat aud fore neck pure white, of a narrow lanceolate shape 

 and somewhat hairy structure ; " hill hlack ; feet horn-colour " 

 {Gould). 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



Immature hirds have the tips of the feathers of the throat and 

 fore neck washed with yellow. 



Ad. 6 . Culmen 0-S5-0-9 inch, wing 3-0, tail 27, tarsus 0-74. 



Ad. 2 . „ 0-7 „ „ 2-65, „ 3-3, „ 0-7. 



Hah. Cape- York district, N. Australia. 



a, 6. [ c? $ ] ad. sk. Cape York (CocZ^re//). Gould Collection. 



(Types of species.) 



c. S ad. sk. Cape York. Gould Collection. 



d. Imm. sk. Cape York. Purchased. 



24. Ptilotis auricomis. 



Muscicapa auricomis, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. i. p. xhx. 



Muscicapa mystacea, Lath. op. cit. p. li. 



Muscicapa uovje hollandia;, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 478. 



Y'ellow-tufted Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 215. 



Certhia auriculata, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 236. 



Ij'Heorotaiie a oreiUes jaunes, Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 123, pi. 85. 



Tufted-eared Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 197. 



Meliphaga auricomis, Swains. Zool. III. i. pi. 43 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 156, no. 2023. 

 Philemon ei-ythrotis, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxvii. p. 429. 

 Ptilotis auricomis, Gould, B. Austr. iv. pi. 37 ; id. Handh. B. Austr. 



i. p. 511 ; Cah. JShts. Hein. i. p. 118; B}). C. A. i, p. 392 ; Hosenb. 



Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 236 {New Guin.) ; id. J.f. O. 



1864, p. 122 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. JV. ii. p. 189; Salvad. 



Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 339. 



Adult. This species represents P. cassidix in Xew South "Wales ; it 

 is much smaller than that species, and has the hind neck, mantle, and 

 back pale olive-brown instead of dark brown ; the wings and tail 

 are pale brown, externally strongly washed with yeUo-nish olive ; 

 the tail-feathers with rather wide tips on the inner webs. The 

 feathers of the crown lie flat, and do not form a crest or helmet- like 

 elevation as in P. cassidix. Coloration of head aud all the under- 

 parts as in the latter species. Culmen 0*7 inch, wing 3-2-3-0, tail 

 3-3-5, tarsus 0-8-0-9. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



Hab. Prom Port Denison to ISTew South ^^'ales and Victoria. 



a. S ^d. sk. Moreton Bay. Gould Collection. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Queensland." Purchased. 



c. [c?] ad. sk. Queensland {CockereU). F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. N.E. Australia. Gould Collection. 



e. (S ad. St. N.E. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. 



f. Ad. St. N.E. Australia. W. MacLeay, Esq. [P.]. 



