2J6 MELirHAGTD.-E. 



pronounced on the outer webs of the wing and tail ; sides of head, 

 including the ocular region and the ear-coverts, and all the uuder- 

 parts pale yellow ; under wing-coverts and inner webs of remiges 

 pale isabelline. Culmen 0-58 inch, wing 2-65-2-75, tail 2-4, 

 tarsus 0"7. 



Hab. North coast of Australia and South-eastern New Guinea. 



«, h. Ad. sk. North Austraha. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



Subspecies a. Ptilotis germana. 



? Ptilotis flavescens (pt.), Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 189 



(1877). 

 Ptilotis germana, Ramsay, op. cit. iii. pp. 2, 39, 28o (18/8), iv. 



p. 100; Sahad. Ibis, 1879, p.__ 325 ; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. 



p. 77 ; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 336. 



Very similar to P. flavescens, from which it differs in its consider- 

 ably smaller size and in having the yellow stripe behind the eye and 

 the black stripe beneath the ear- coverts more developed. Culmen 

 0-57 inch, wing 3, tail 2-25, tarsus 0-75. 



Huh. Southern New Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. Dr. Turner [P.]. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Port Moresby, S.E. New O. C. Stone, Esq. [C.]. 



Guinea. 



Ohs. I refer the two specimens from Port iIore.sby collected by 

 Mr. Stone to this form, which does not deserve specific rank. Very 

 likely P. germana is nothing but P.fiavescens of Gould, the habitat 

 of which species is the north coast of Australia, and not West 

 Australia as has sometimes been stated, in order to establish a dif- 

 ferent geographical range for the two species or races respectively in 

 question. Mr. Gould frequently understood by North-west Australia 

 the country west of the Cape York Peninsula. 



31. Ptilotis flava. 



Ptilotis flava, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 136 ; id. B. Austr. iv. pi. 42 ; 



id. Ilandb. B. Austr. i. p. 518; Bp. C. A. i. p. 392 ; Ramsay, Proa. 



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

 Meliphaca flava. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 122; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 156, 



no. 2026. 



Adult. All the upper parts are entirely uniform rich olive-yeUow ; 

 all the underparts, including the under wing-coverts and the inner 

 margin of the quills, lemon-yellow, slightly duller on the flanks and 

 chest : ear-coverts of the same colour as the crown ; a few feathers 

 above the eye lemon-yellow ; a spot in front of the eye slightly duller 

 than the crown*. "Bill blackish brown ; feet reddish flesh-brown" 

 {Ooiild). 



* Gould's description as given in his ' Handbook ' is incorrect, whilst the 

 original description is correct. 



