the Birds of North Queensland. 633 



" Rather scarce ; generally in pairs, and always in trees 

 near the ground. Iris brown ; bill and feet black. Food, 

 insects" (Olive). 



51. fCiNNYRis FRENATA (S. MUll.) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. ix. p. 85 (1884). 



Several males from Bellenden Ker, and a female with the 

 nest and two eggs from Mount Sapphiri. 



"Iris brow^n ; feet and bill black'' (Olive). 



The nest is a spindle-shaped structure 420 mm. long, and 

 30 mm. wide at its widest part, of which 120 mm. of the 

 middle third is occupied by an elliptical chamber lined with 

 feathers and the pappus of some composite plant. It is com- 

 posed of a felted mass of spider-web and skeletonized leaves, 

 and is rather thickly covered with irregular strings or masses 

 of the excrement of caterpillars (the occurrence of which 

 may be purely accidental), and is attached to the long trailing 

 runner of a grass overhanging the steep bank of a creek. 

 The eggs, two in number, are pointed ovals of a whitish 

 ground-colour, very thickly and evenly clouded with fine 

 mottling of a greenish-brown tint, so thickly, indeed, at the 

 larger end as to obscure the ground-colour of the eggs, which 

 measure, A 17 x 12 mai., B 17x 12"5 mm. 



52. Myzomela obscura Gould; Gadow, t. c. p. 143. 

 "Iris brown; feet brown or greenish slate; I)ill black. 



Food, honey '' {Olive). 



53. fPTILOTI NOTATAS Gould. 



Ptilotis analoga Gadow, t. c. p. 227 (partim) . 

 A small series apparently belonging to this species, and 

 not to the closely allied P. gracilis. 



"Iris brown; feet slate; bill black; gape yellow" (Olive). 



54. fPriLoTis MACLEAYANA Rams. 

 Ptilotis flavistriata Gadow, t. c. p. 232. 



Three males of this interesting Honey-eater from Mount 

 Sapphiri. Iris &c. as in the preceding species. 



This species is apparently of very limited distri])utiun ; 

 it does not, so far as we are aware, occur south of Cardwell, 



