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  specimens 
  are 
  certainly 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  latter, 
  but 
  have 
  

   rather 
  a 
  clearer 
  grey 
  throat 
  and 
  a 
  more 
  pronounced 
  cheek-stripe 
  ; 
  but 
  

   in 
  any 
  case 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  me 
  better 
  to 
  place 
  P. 
  limhata 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Stif/matops, 
  along 
  with 
  its 
  congener 
  S. 
  ocularis, 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  consider 
  

   it 
  a 
  Ptilotis, 
  as 
  Dr. 
  Gadow 
  has 
  done. 
  His 
  plate 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  ' 
  

   gives 
  too 
  much 
  of 
  a 
  brown 
  colour 
  to 
  the 
  bird, 
  and 
  the 
  orange 
  spot 
  

   behind 
  the 
  eye 
  is 
  too 
  strongly 
  pronounced. 
  

  

  Nor 
  can 
  I 
  agree 
  with 
  Dr. 
  (iadow 
  concerning 
  his 
  G. 
  chJoris, 
  the 
  

   only 
  actual 
  specimens 
  of 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  are 
  the 
  two 
  

   from 
  Mysol, 
  those 
  from 
  the 
  Aru 
  Islands 
  and 
  Lombock 
  being 
  true 
  

   S. 
  ocularis. 
  

  

  33. 
  Ptilotis 
  notata, 
  Gould. 
  

  

  Gould, 
  Ann. 
  ^- 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  xx. 
  p. 
  269 
  (1867) 
  ; 
  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  

  

  p. 
  189. 
  

   Ptilotis 
  analoga, 
  pt., 
  Gadoio, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  227. 
  

  

  a. 
  S 
  . 
  Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  Island, 
  Aug. 
  1881. 
  

  

  b. 
  6 
  • 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  July 
  7, 
  1S81. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  species 
  which 
  Count 
  Salvador! 
  unites 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  P. 
  analoga 
  (lleichenb.) 
  in 
  his 
  ' 
  Ornitologia 
  della 
  Papuasia 
  ' 
  

   (vol. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  327), 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  his 
  identifications 
  he 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Gadow, 
  who 
  even 
  goes 
  further 
  than 
  Count 
  Salvador! 
  in 
  his 
  

   suppression 
  of 
  species, 
  and 
  adds 
  P. 
  Jlavirictus 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  author 
  as 
  

   a 
  final 
  offering 
  to 
  the 
  manes 
  of 
  the 
  dominant 
  form, 
  P. 
  analoga. 
  It 
  

   seems 
  doubtful, 
  however, 
  to 
  me 
  whether 
  Dr. 
  Gadow 
  has 
  really 
  ever 
  

   seen 
  the 
  true 
  P. 
  jlavirictus 
  of 
  Count 
  Salvador!, 
  which 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  

   Fly 
  Eiver, 
  the 
  specimens 
  which 
  he 
  supposes 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  that 
  species 
  

   being 
  from 
  South-eastern 
  New 
  Guinea 
  : 
  Salvador! 
  refers 
  all 
  his 
  

   specimens 
  from 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  to 
  P. 
  analoga. 
  

  

  Putting 
  aside 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  bill, 
  which 
  certainly 
  

   varies 
  very 
  much, 
  even 
  in 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality, 
  the 
  

   shape 
  of 
  the 
  ear-tuft 
  ought 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  overlooked 
  ; 
  and 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  

   there 
  are 
  two 
  distinct 
  forms, 
  the 
  birds 
  from 
  Dorey, 
  Mysol, 
  and 
  

   "Waigiou 
  having 
  an 
  elongated 
  yellow 
  ear-tuft. 
  This 
  is 
  accompanied 
  

   by 
  a 
  very 
  Bulbul-like 
  character, 
  viz. 
  a 
  fluffy 
  rump 
  with 
  strongly 
  

   marked 
  subterminal 
  shades 
  of 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  the 
  lateral 
  featliers 
  

   tipped 
  with 
  white, 
  and 
  reminding 
  one 
  of 
  Pinarocichla 
  or 
  Polio- 
  

   lophus. 
  

  

  All 
  specimens 
  examined 
  by 
  me 
  from 
  other 
  localities 
  have 
  a 
  rounded 
  

   yellow 
  ear-tuft 
  instead 
  of 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  one, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  classed 
  

   under 
  three 
  headings 
  : 
  — 
  1st. 
  P. 
  aruensis, 
  nob. 
  (Hah. 
  Aru 
  Islands), 
  

   where 
  the 
  rump 
  is 
  mottled, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  New-Guinea 
  birds 
  ; 
  and 
  2nd, 
  

   P. 
  notata, 
  Gould. 
  The 
  latter 
  species 
  embraces 
  two 
  forms, 
  a 
  large 
  

   one 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  one 
  {P. 
  gracilis, 
  Gould), 
  the 
  last-named 
  being 
  

   apparently 
  only 
  foimd 
  in 
  South-eastern 
  New 
  Guinea 
  and 
  the 
  Cape- 
  

   York 
  Peninsula. 
  Neither 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  forms 
  of 
  P. 
  notata 
  show 
  the 
  

   mottling 
  on 
  the 
  rump 
  of 
  P. 
  aruensis 
  or 
  P. 
  analoga. 
  

  

  1 
  mar 
  add 
  that 
  the 
  specimens 
  from 
  Cape 
  York, 
  referred 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  c2 
  

  

  