13. I'HILEMON. 269 



underparfcs pure white, including the line along the sides of the 

 neck, and passing over the cheeks to the base of the mandible ; 

 sides of occiput also pure white, forming an incomplete crescent ; 

 " iris yellowish white ; ej'elash jet-black ; feet bluish grey " {Gould). 

 Culinen 2 inches, wing o*5-6'2, tail 5-2-6, tarsus 1'2, 



Females and young birds resemble the adult male, but the young 

 have the naked face and the base of the bill pale yellowish olive 

 (Gould). 



Hah. From Rockingham Bay to New South Wales- and Victoria. 



^ ad. St. North-east Australia. Sir T. Mitchell [P.]. 



' " ■ ' Gould, Esq. [0.]. 



Gould, Esq. [C.]. 

 D. Godman and 0. 

 Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. N. S. Wales. J. Gould, Esq. [0.} 



c. Ad. sk. Queensland. J. Gould, Esq. [C.] 

 d,e,f. Ad. sk. Queensland ( CocA'cre^r). F. D. Godman and 



2. Entomyza albipennis, 



Entomyza albipennis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 169 ; id. B. Austr. iv. 

 pi. 69 ; id. Hcmdb. B. Austr. i. p. 563 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 391 ; 

 Reichenb. Handb, Meropince, i. pi. 502. figs. .3510-11 ; Diggles, 

 Orn. Atistr. pi. ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 190. 



Philemon albipennis, Gray, Sand-l. B. i. p. 160, no. 2093. 



Adult. Like E. cyanotis, but having the basal half or two thirds of 

 the inner web of the primaries pure white instead of fulvous. Culm en 

 1'4 inch, wing 5-8, tail 4-5, tarsus 1-3. 



Hah. North Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. North Australia. F. D. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Port Essington. Capt. W. Chambers [P.]. 



13. PHILEMON. 



Tj'pe. 



Philemon, Vieillot, Analyse, p. 47 (1816) P. moluccensis. 



Philedon, Cuvier, Regne Animal, i. p. 375 (1817) .... P. moluccensis. 

 Tropidorhynchus, Vigors Sf Horsjkld, Linn. Trans. 



XV. p. 323 ( 1826) P. corniculatus. 



Philemonopsis, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. 



xvi. p. 79 (1880) P. nieyeri. 



Head of Phdemon corniculatus. 



