n 



244 MELIPHAGID^. 



Ad. 6 . Culmen 0-7 inch, wing 3-4 *, tail 3-3, tarsus 0-85. 

 Ad. 2- » 0-62 „ ,, 3-1, ,, 3-0, „ 0-82. 

 Hab. Yictoria, South and West Australia. 



Ad. sk. South Australia. Gould Collectiou. 



cJl ad. sk. South Australia. Sir George Grey [P.]- 



2 I imm. sk. South Australia. F. D. Godmau and O. Sahdn, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



d. Imm. sk. [X. Australia.] Gould Collection. 



27. Ptilotis penicillata. 



Mehphaga penicillata, GoiM, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 143 ; Grai/, Gen. B. 



i. p. 122 : id. Hand-I. B. i. p. 156, no. 2027. 

 Ptilotis penicillata, Gould, B. Austr. iv. pi. 43 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. 



i. p. 519 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 392 ; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 119 ; Ramsay, 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 189. 



Adult. General colour above pale greyish brown with a tinge of 

 olive ; crown slightly washed with yellow ; wings and tail brown, 

 strongly washed with olive-j'ellow, sometimes slightly tipped with 

 whitish ; under wing-coverts and inner margin of quills whitish buff ; 

 sides of head, including the region round the eye and ear-coverts, 

 dull yellow ; behind the ear-coverts a patch of pure silky white tufted 

 feathers ; all the underparts whitish buff, shghtly washed with 

 yellowish brown on the throat, fore neck, and chest ; " iris dark 

 brown ; bill black ; feet purplish flesh-colour" {Gould). 



S . Culmen 0*6 inch, wing 3'3-3-5, tail 3"l-3'3, tarsus 0*89. 



5 . Wing 3-1 inches. 



Hah. Southern and Eastern Australia, as far as the Wide-Bay 

 district. 



a, b. Ad. sk. South Australia. Pm-chased. 



c, d. S ad. sk. South Australia. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. South Australia. Sir D. C. Cooper [P.J. 

 /, g. Ad. sk. South Australia. Gould Collection. 



A. Ad. sk. New South Wales. F. D. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 i. Ad. st. New South Wales. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



k. Ad. St. Interior of Austraha. Captain Sturt [P.]. 



28. Ptilotis ornata. 



Ptilotis ornata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1838, p. 24 _; id. B. Amtr. iv. p. 39 ; 



id. Handb. B. Aitdr. i. p. 515 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 392 ; Matnsay, Proc. 



Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 189. 

 Meliphaga ornata, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 122 ; id. Hayid-l. B. i. p. 156, 



no. 2024. 



Adult. General colour above light olive-brown with a shade of 

 grey in it ; crown and sides of head, outer webs of qtiills and tail 

 very strongly washed with bright olive-yeUow ; rest of the tail and 



* Certainly not 25 as stated in Gould's ' Handbook.' 



