4. PTIL0TI8. 24S 



wings brown ; under wing-coverts and inner margin of quills whitish 

 fulvous ; a short indistinct line beneath the eye dull yellow ; rest of 

 the ciliary region dull black ; the feathers behind the pale brownish 

 ear-coverts elougated, and forming a rather large patch of bright 

 yellow ; underparts of the body dingy yellowish white, each feather 

 with a broad brown central streak, these streaks being less de- 

 veloped on the abdomen and under tail-coverts; "bill black; feet 

 purplish brown." Culmen 0-5-0-6 inch, wing 3-1-3-6, tail 2-1-3, 

 tarsus 0-72-0-S2. 



" Younr/ birds have the nostrils and basal portion of the bill orange 

 instead of black as in the male " (Goidd). 



Female. Resembles the male, but is slightly smaller. 



Sab. Victoria, South and West Australia. 



a. (J ad. sk. Murray River. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



6, c, d. Ad. sk. South Australia. F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



via, Esqrs. [P.]. 



29. Ptilotis plumula. 



Ptilotis plumula, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 150; id. B. Austr.br. 



pi. 40; id. Hmidb. B. Austr. i. p. 516; B]^. C. A. i. p. 392; Cab. 



Mils. Hein. i. p. 118 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. K. S. TV. ii. p. 169. 

 Meliphasra plumiila. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 122 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 157, 



no. 2039. 



Adult. General colour above pale brownish grey, tinged with olive- 

 yellow, this latter colour becoming predominant on the crown and 

 outer webs of the wing- and tail-feathers ; prseocular region blackish ; 

 cheeks and ear-coverts yellowish grey ; most of the ear-coverts 

 blackish brown towards the tip, thus forming a blackish line on the 

 anterior margin of the large bright yellow patch behind the ear- 

 coverts and on the sides of the neck ; checks and underparts of the 

 body pale greyish yellow, faintly streaked with brownish on the 

 chest, fore neck, and throat ; abdomen and under tail-coverts incli- 

 ning to pale creamy yellow ; under wing-coverts and inner margin of 

 quills pale fulvous ; " iris dark reddish brown ; bill black ; feet 

 apple-green" {Goidd). Culmen 0-Q inch, wing 3-3"2, tail 2-6- 

 2-8, tarsus 0-86. 



Hab. Western and Southern Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. Sduth Australia. Gould Collection. 



h, c. Ad. sk. Murray Scrub. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



d, e. Ad. sk. South Australia. F. D. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



30. Ptilotis flavescens. 



Ptilotis flavescens, Gould, P. Z. S. 1>39, p. 144 ; id. B. Austr. iv. 

 pi. 41 ; id. Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 517 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 392 ; Gray , 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 156, no. 2025 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 

 ii. p. 189. 



Adult. Upper parts pale yellowish brown, the yellow being more 



