13. PHILEMON. 277 



1-2-1-5 inch, wing4-8-5-3, tail 4- 1-4-9, tarsus 1-3-1-4 (the smaller 

 measurements refer to the female). 



Hab. New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. New Caledonia {Mac- Eyton Collection. 



gilUoriu/). 



6. d ad sk Isleofrines. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [CI 



c. L ? ] ad. sk. Port St. Vincent. J. Macgillivray, Esq. rCl. 



f/. c? ad. St. Loyalty Islands. Sir George Grey [P.] . 



*• -^"- St. Loyalty Islands. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



9. Philemon citreogularis. 



Tropidorhynchus citreogularis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p 143 • ul B 

 Austr. iv. pi. 60; id. Handh. B. Atistr. i. p. 549; Bp. C. A i 

 p. 3!J0. ' 



Philemon citreogularis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 160, no. 2078: Ramsaii, 

 Fi-oc. Lmn. 8oc. N. S. W. ii. p. 190. 



Adult. The cheeks only and the region around the eye bare, in very 

 old 1)irds also part of the crown next to the eye ; cro'wu and all the 

 upper parts of the body, including the wings and tail, uniform light 

 brown ; all the undeiparts uniform brownish white, with a more 

 or less distmct silky gloss ; upper throat, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts almost white ; thighs light brown ; chest washed with pale 

 brown ; the feathers of the chest remarkable for their peculiar 

 shape, the shafts ending in a small white brush ; " bill and feet 

 leaden olivo ; ins and eyelash nearly black ; naked part of the face 

 mealy, bluish lead-colour" (Goidd). Culmen 1-0.5-1-2 inch, wing 

 5-5-2, tail 4-1, tarsus 1-05. ^ 



Hah. Greater part of Australia. 



a, b Ad sk. N. S. Wales. Gould Collection. 



c Ad. sk. S.E. Australia. Sir T. Mitchell TRl. 



d. Ad. ; e. Imm. Queensland {Cockerelf). F. D. Godman and O. 

 y ,' 1 , ^ ^ Salvin, Esqrs. fP.! 



/. d acl. sk. Port Curtis, Queensland, Toy. H.M.S. ' Alert ' 



April 1 8Sl [Dr. Coppinqer). 



g. <S imm. sk. Port Darwin, Oct. 1881 \Dr. Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert.' 



Voppim/er). 



h. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. R. Elsey, Esq. TRl 



..JuT.sk. Australia. Purchased. 



Subspecies a. Philemon sordidus. 



Tropidorhynehus sordidus, Goidd, B. Austr. i. Introd. p. .'38 ; id 



Ilandb. B. Austr. i. p. o50 ; Bp. 0. A. i p 3!)0 

 Philemon sordidus, Gray, ILnuI-l. B. i. p. IGO, no. 2082: Bamsm, 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. liiO. ' ./> 



"This species inhabits the Cobourg Peninsula, and is very similar 

 to /. a7;-,07»/rt,v.., hut is smaller in all its admeasurements except 

 in the bill, winch is more developed " (Gould). 



