Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 657 



Iris dark brown ; bill black, gape and nostrils frequently 

 yellow ; legs of a pinkish-slate-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 6-0-6"75 inches. 



[The Graceful Honey-eater was very plentiful in the 

 south-west, and ranged inland as far as Kalgoorlie. It was 

 not observed in the coastal district to the south of Brookton, 

 nor did it extend to Laverton, where its place is taken by 

 P. plmnula Gould. — G. C. 5.] 



Ptilotis Nov^-NORciiE MiUigau. 



Ptilotis nova-7iorci<£ Math. p. 96. 



a-c. cJ ? . Parker^s Range, 10th Aug. 



d-ff. ($ ? . Kurrawang, 3rd-15th Sept. 



h. ? . Stockpool, 24th Jan. 



i. ? . Dwaladine, 12th March. 



k-m. S ? . Kurrawang, 15th Sept. 



Iris brown ; bill black, inside of the mouth bright orange ; 

 legs of a dark olivaceous slate-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh : — male, 7v5- 

 8'0 inches; female, 7'0-7'25 inches. 



This series of specimens appears to be referable to the 

 smaller and paler western form of the White-eared Honey- 

 eater described by Mr. Milligan from the Wongan Hills to 

 the north-east of Perth. 



[This species is very local and frequents thickets an ^ 

 high undergrowth. It is not uncommon to the north of 

 Kalgoorlie, but was not observed further south nor nearer 

 the coast than East Brookton. — -G. C. S.'] 



Ptilotis forresti Ingram. 



Ptilotis forresti Ingram, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 116 (1906) ; 

 Math. p. 95. 



a. ? . Laverton, 13th Oct. 



This species is most nearly allied to P. sonora Gould, of 

 which it is a paler form. It is distinguished by the light 

 earth-brown colour of the upper parts including the croivn, 

 and by the paler under parts, which are more faintly 

 streaked. 



In the British Museum there are two female examples 



