480 On the Birds of Inkerman Station. 



These two birds are typical examples of the form Oriolus 

 viridis, a species separated by most authors from O. affinis 

 (Gld.). 



91. Sphecotheres stalkeri Ingram. 



Sphecotheres stalkeri Ingram, Bull. B. O. C. vol. xxi, p. 100. 



No. 390. a, b. S S adult. Mount Elliot, Dec. 1907. 

 Shot from flock of 68. 



This interesting bird is most nearly allied to Sphecotheres 

 salvadorii Sharpe, of British New Guinea, and is only the 

 tliird member of this genus found in Australia. It difl'ers 

 from S. salvadorii in having the grey of the throat flecked or 

 faintly streaked with white, especially on the sides of the 

 neck below the auriculars, these parts being of a uniform 

 and somewhat darker grey in the typical bird. The back is 

 of a slightly greyer green, and the yellow on the under 

 surface is conspicuously paler and more extensive, there 

 being much less green on the upper breast. In this species 

 three, instead of four, of the outer tail-feathers are marked 

 with white. Measurcmeuts as in S. salvadorii. Habitat : 

 Mount Elliot, Queensland. 



92. Chibia bracteata Gld. 



Chibia bracteata Gld. Handb. i. p. 235 ; Math. Handl. 

 p. 104. 



No. 313. a. S adult. Mount Inkcrman, March 11, 1907. 

 b. Sex ? adult. Inkerman, April 10, 1907. Bill 

 and feet black ; iris brown. 



93. Chlamydodera orientalis Gld. 

 Chlamydodera orientalis Math. Handl. p. 106. 



No. 3J6. a. ? adult. Inkerman, April 21, 1907. Bill 



dark brown, yellow at base; feet dark greenish 



grey ; iris brown. 



„ b. c? adult. Inkerman, Sept. 1907. Bill dark 



sepia-brown ; feet deep grey ; iris brown. 



Mr. Stalker briefly remarks on the back of the label that 



" the lilac on the nape is spread into a rosette when the bird is 



dancing,'^ a note which seems to indicate that the bird was 



indulging in a kind of " display " at the time that it was shot. 



