13. pniLEMoy. 271 



6\ Feathers of chest with dark brown 



streaks ; wiog 5'4 inches sc/ateri, p. 279. 



c'. Wliite collar on hind neck joining 

 the underparts, which are yellowish 



white; wing 7-3 inches albitorques, p. 278. 



f". Wings washed with olive-yeUow. 



e^. Back dark brown ; breast and abdomen \plumigen,is, p. 279. 



pale brown \f\tscica2nllus, p. 279. 



/*. Upper parts brown, strongly washed 

 with olive-yellow; underparts light 



brown, washed with wax-yellow. . . . subco)-ntctdatus,'-p.280, 

 d'. Nostrils formed by a longitudinal slit, semi- 



operculate ; length of wing 4'5 inches meyeri, p. 281. 



1. Philemon corniculatus. 



]Merops corniculatus, Lafh. Ind. Orn. i. p. 276. 



Merops monachus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 276, and Suppl. p. .34 (juv.). 



Corbi-calao, LevaUl. Ois. Amer. et des Indes, i. p. 69, pi. 24. 



Knob-fronted Honey-eater, Zaffi. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 161. 



Gymnops corniculatus et nionachus, Ciiv. Regne Anim. i. p. 381. 



Philemon monachus, VieUl. Enc. Meth. p. 619 (182.3). 



Tropidorhynchus corniculatus, Vig. ^- Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xt. 



p. 324;'^ Goidd, B. Austr. iv. pi. 58; 'id. Handb. B. Amtr. i. 



p. 545 ; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 121 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 390 ; Biggies, 



Orn. Austr. pi. 

 PhUemon coxmculntn^, Grmi,IIand-l.B. i. p. 160, no. 2084; Ramsay, 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 190. 



Adult. The following parts are bare of feathers : — Head and hind 

 neck, sides of neck, with the exception of a few very small feathers on 

 the nasal and superciliary regions, the feathers of the occiput and 

 checks degenerating into a few hairs. General colour above uniform 

 pale greyish brown ; wings and tail slightly darker, the latter with 

 whitish tips ; chin and upper throat and the lanceolate feathers on 

 the chest silky brownish white, with dark brown .shaft-streaks ; 

 centre of fore neck blackish brown and almost bare ; feathers of the 

 rest of underparts, including the under wing-coverts, pale brownish 

 at base, with faintly paler margins ; abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts almost clear white ; inner margin of quills whitish ; " iris 

 red; feet lead-colour" {Gould). Culmen 1-3 inch, wing 5-7-6-2, 

 tail 5'l-5-8, tarsus 1-2. 



Toung birds have the head less denuded of feathers ; the lanceolate 

 feathers ou the chest slightly washed with yellow, and the fea- 

 thers of the mantle, back, and upper tail-coverts tipped with greyish 

 white. 



Hub. From "Wide-Bay district to Xew South Wales and Victoria. 



a. cS ad. sk. Upper Gilbert River. J. R. Elsev, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. INlelbourne. J. Gould, Esq. [C.j. 

 r. I mm. sk. ?s. S. Wales. Gould Collection. 



d. Ad. St. N. S. Wales. A. Cunningham, Esq. [P.]. 



e,f. Ad. sk. Queensland (Cockered). F. D. Godman and O. balvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



