4. PTiLOTis. 249 



more or less inclining to rusty brown on the lower back, the tail, 

 and the outer webs of the remiges and wing-coverts ; sides of head, 

 throat, fore neck, and breast duU olive-grey tinged with yellowish 

 brown, which colour becomes predominant on the flanks, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts ; edge of wing, under wing-coverts, and inner 

 margin of quills fulvous; "bill brown; feet lead-colour " (Salvo- 

 dori). Culmen 1-5-1-8 inch, wing 3-6-4-1, tail 3-3-4, tarsus 

 1-1-12. 



Mab. IS^ew Guiaea, Salwati, Aru Islands, Waigiou, Mysol. 



o. [ c? ] ad. sk. Dorey. Gould Collection. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Dorey. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.1. 



d. Ad. sk. New Guinea. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 

 e- Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mountains. Mr. A. Goldie [C.]. 



/. d imm. sk. Aril Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C], 



<7. 6 ad. sk. Waigiou, A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



(Type of P. rostrata.) 

 h, t,k. [ d" ] ad. sk. Mysol. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



36. Ptilotis tmicolor. 



Ptilotis unicolor, Gmdd, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 136 ; id. B. Aitsti: iv 



pi, 46 ; Bp. a A. i. p. 392. 

 Melipbaga unicolor, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 122 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 1,57, 



no. 2048. 1- ' V , 



Stomiopera imicolor, lieichenh. Handb. Meropinee, i. p. 109; Gould, 

 Handh. B. Ausfr. i. p. 523 ; Eamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 

 ii. p. 189. 



Adult. Upper parts pale greyish brown with a slight olive tinge, 

 especially on the outer webs of the tail and wings, which are light 

 brown ; loral region dusky brown ; underparts of the body p'ale 

 brownish grey, palest on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; under 

 wing-coverts and inner margin of quills fulvous white ; " iris obscure 

 red ; bill dark olive-brown ; naked gape fleshy white, passing into 

 yellow at the corner of the mouth; feet light ash-grey" (Gould). 

 Culmen 0-;S-0-9 inch, wing 3-6-4, tail 3-3-4, tarsus 0-9-1. 



Mab. North Australia. 



a,b,c. [ c? 2 ] ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. R.EIsey, Esq. [P 1 



<^- d ad. sk. North Australia, lat. 17°, J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



long. 136°. 



e. S ad. sk. Port Darwin, Nov. 2, Voy. H.M.S. 'Alert ' 



1881 (Dr. Coppingn-). 



/• Ad. sk. Australia. F. D. Godman and 0. 



,, , Salvin,Esqr3.[P.]. 



9- Ad. sk. Australia. Gould Collection. 



^- Ad. St. Australia. Pm-chased. 



37. Ptilotis erythropleura. 



Ptilotis erythropleura, Salvad. Ann.Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 949 (1875) 



xvi. p. 77 ; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 337. 

 Ptilotis, sp., Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 950 ( juv., teste 



Salvad.). 



