the Birds of North Queensland. 635 



59. ^Philemon ARGiiNTicEps (Gould j; Gadow, t. c. 

 p. 270. 



" Found in flocks ; are very noisy and pugnacious birds, 

 generally frequenting trees in flower and feeding on the 

 insects attracted thereby. Iris red ; feet and bill black ; 

 bare parts slaty black " [Olive). 



60. t^E-'^'TOMYZ.V CYANOTIS HARTERTI, Subsp. nOV. 



Specimens from Cooktown obtained in June and July 

 present such differences from the typical form, that Ave think 

 they may be regarded as representing a distinct race. The 

 bufi^ edgings to the inner webs of the primaries are somewhat 

 paler and more extensive (reaching to the shaft) than is the 

 case with a series of eight specimens from N. S. Wales and 

 Southern Queensland, with which we have compared them. 

 The primaries, with the exception of the two outer ones, 

 have their outer webs narrowly edged with greenish sulphur- 

 yellow, a feature we have not noticed in Southern specimens, 

 but which would probably show only in freshly-moulted 

 birds. The median band of black feathers on the crown is 

 also much narrower. The most marked point of difference, 

 however, is the very much smaller size^ as the following 

 table shows : — 



Wing. Tail, 



mm. lum. 



Cooktown (Olive coll.) (three females;. . 135-139 108-112 

 New South Wales and Moreton Bay 



(eight specimen.?) (Liverp. Mus.) .... loO-lGl 1-35-1.56 



*'Iris white; feet slate; bill black; skin above the eye 

 indigo, below pale blue '' ( Olive) . 



E. albipennis Gould, from Port Essington, whence we have 

 a typical specimen in the Liverpool Museum, is a very distinct 

 species, readily recognizable by the white coloration of the 

 inner webs of the primaries extending quite to the shaft, which 

 coloration is visible on the external aspect of the wing, and by 

 having the proximal half of the outer webs of the primaries 

 pale yellowish green, sharply defined from the blackish 

 terminal portion. In life the coloration of the naked ocular 

 region would probably be different, as in the skin of E. albi- 

 pennis before us it is dull greyish, not black as in E. cyanotis. 



