13. pniLEjiox. 273 



l)ale silky bro-wn with dark brown shafts, tips of the shafts bristle- 

 like ; all the upper parts uniform light brown ; tail-feathers with 

 hardly any paler tips ; shafts above dark brown, white below ; 

 undcrparts uniform, very pale brown ; ear-coverts blackish brown. 



Youiiij hirds have the feathers of the upper parts slightly edged 

 with whitish grey, and the pale margins of the inner webs of the 

 quills are slightly more developed than in the adult. 



Culmen. Wiug. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



Ad. c? i^O 6-0 5-5 l-o 



Ad. $ 17 5-7 5-1 1-4 



Hah. North Australia, from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Cape 

 York, and south to Rockingham Bay. 



«. c? ad. sk. Cape York. J. Goidd, E.sq. 

 b. 2 ad. .'sk. Cape York. Vov. H.M.S.' Challenger.' 

 c-h. S; «■, A- [ $] Cape York (Coc^r /•£«). F.D. Godman and 0. Sal- 

 ad, sk. viu, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 ,m,n. (^ 5 imm. sk. Ca^eYovk^CockerelT). F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



0. Ad. St. Cape York. J. Gould, Esq. 



4. Philemon timoriensis. 



Tropidorhynchus timoriensis, MiiU. Verhandl. Land- en Volkenk. 



p. 153 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 125 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 390 : Grau, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 160, no. 2088. 

 Philedon timoriensis, lieichenh. Handb. Meropincs, i. p. 142 



(1852). 



Closely resembling P. buceroides, from which it differs, however, 

 besides the shape of the culmen, in having the forehead, crown, 

 and occiput covered with feathers, which are uniform reddish brown, 

 and not lanceolate at all or only slightly pointed ; the verv light 

 brown of the undcrparts frequently inclining to whitish on the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts. Culmen 1-8 inch, wing 5-8-6, 

 ail 5-2-D-o, tarsus l"4-l'o. 



Young hirds have the mantle tipped with whitish, and the remiges 

 externally washed with olive. 



Hah. ilores, Lombock, and Timor. 



Ohs. Two male specimens in the British Museum, collected by 

 Mr. Wallace in Eastern Timor, are in every respect intermediate 

 between P. huceroidcs and this species. 



fl, h, c. (S ad. ; d. Lombock. A. Pt. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



S imm. sk. 



e. (S ad. sk. Lombock ( Wallace). Gould Collection. 



/; g. S ad. sk. Floras. A. K. Wallace, Esq. [CJ. 



h, i. (S 2 ad. ; k, I. Eastern Timor. A. It. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(S imm. sk. 



»') n. (^ 5 ad. st. Timor. Purchased. 



o. (S ad. ; p. (S juv. Semao (Timor). A. K. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



sk. 



