276 MELIPHAGID^. 



Pliiledon molucceusis, Cuv. Rhone Anim. i. p. 358, note (1817) ; 



ReicJienb. Hmidh. spec. On;, i. p. 140; Sundev. Av. Meth. Tent. 



p. SI. 

 Meliphag<amohiccensis, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zoolxix. p. 260 (1826) ; 



Tcnim. PL Col. i. p. 72. 

 TropidorLviichus iiioluccensis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 125 (1846) ; id. 



P. Z. S.'imO, p. .349. 

 Tardus molucceusis, "ffm.," Bp. C. A. i. p. 391 (1850). 

 TropidorliYnclius bourueusis, Wallace {nee Gray), P. Z. S. 1868, 



p. 19; Finsch, Neu- Guinea, p. 165. 

 rbilemon molucceusis, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 120 ; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 159, no. 2074 ; Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc. viii. 1872, p. 106; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. viii. p. 379 ; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. 



ii. p. 352. 



Adult. Only the region round the eye, the ear, and a small 

 part of the hind neck bare of feathers, and the culmen withovit any 

 hump ; crown of head and all the rest of the upper parts uniform 

 brown, slightly paler on the hind neck; hinder part of cheeks and 

 sides of occiput dull brown, with paler edges to the feathers ; all 

 the undcrparts light brown, inclining to brownish white on the 

 throat, the feathers of which are slightly lanceolate and short, with 

 fine brown shafts ending in bristles. 



Young birds have the feathers of the sides of the chest broadly 

 edged with yellowish white. 



Ad. S • Culmen 1-6-1-S inch, wing 6-2, tail 5'l-5*5, tarsus 1'6. 

 2 . Wing 5-8-6-2 inches. 



Hab. Bouru and Ke Islands. 



a. 2 ad. si. Bouru Island. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of T. houruensis.) 



b. 2 ad. ; c. d Bouru Island. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 imm. sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Ke Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



e. j ad.sk. Kelt-lands (Wallace). Gould Collection. 



8. Philemon lessoni. 



Tropidorhynchus diemenensis, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 401; Pucher. 



Arch, du Mus. 1855, pi. 21. 

 Tropidorhynchus lessoni, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 161. 

 Philemon lessoni. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 160, no. 2080. 

 Philemon vulturinus, Scl. {nee Jtonibr. et Jacq.) P. Z. S. 1869, 



p. 124. 



Adult. Head without any bare parts ; feathers of crown triangular, 

 brown in the middle, with broad greyish edges ; occiput, hind neck, 

 mantle, back, and upper tail-coverts brown, darkest on the scapulars ; 

 remiges, wing-coverts, and tail black-brown, with the outer web 

 broadly edged with whitish grey ; ear-coverts mottled brown and 

 whitish ; cheeks dark brown ; upper throat dull brownish grey ; 

 feathers of fore neck and chest very much lauceolated, whitish, with 

 pale brown shaft-streaks ; all the rest of the underparts pale yel- 

 lowish brown ; bill and feet blackish brown, soles yellow. Culmen 



