﻿20 
  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  late 
  Mr. 
  Forbes 
  to 
  P. 
  clirysotis 
  (P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1878, 
  ji. 
  124, 
  and 
  Report 
  

   Voy. 
  H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Challenger,' 
  ii, 
  p. 
  88) 
  really 
  belong 
  to 
  P. 
  notata. 
  

  

  34, 
  Ptilotis 
  lewinii, 
  Sivains. 
  

   Jlamjiay, 
  t. 
  e. 
  p. 
  189 
  ; 
  Oadow, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  229. 
  

   a 
  h. 
  Port 
  Molle, 
  Queensland, 
  May 
  1881, 
  

  

  35. 
  Ptilotis 
  fasciogularis, 
  Gould. 
  

  

  Gould, 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1851, 
  p. 
  285; 
  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  189; 
  Gadotv, 
  t. 
  c. 
  

   p. 
  240. 
  

  

  a. 
  $. 
  Port 
  Curtis, 
  Queensland, 
  April 
  1881. 
  

  

  36. 
  Ptilotis 
  flava, 
  Gould. 
  

   Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  189 
  ; 
  Gadouj, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  246. 
  

  

  a. 
  2 
  ' 
  Port 
  Denison, 
  Queensland, 
  May 
  1881. 
  

  

  37. 
  Ptilotis 
  unicolor, 
  Gould. 
  

  

  Gadow, 
  t. 
  c, 
  p. 
  249. 
  

  

  Stomiopera 
  unicolor, 
  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  189. 
  

  

  a. 
  S 
  ad. 
  Port 
  Darwin, 
  Nov. 
  2, 
  1881. 
  

  

  38. 
  Philemon 
  argentiiceps 
  (Gould). 
  

   Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  190; 
  Gadow, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  272. 
  

  

  rt. 
  c?. 
  Port 
  Darwin, 
  Oct. 
  1881. 
  j. 
  

  

  39. 
  Philemon 
  buceroides, 
  Swains. 
  

   Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  190 
  ; 
  Gadotv, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  272. 
  

  

  a, 
  $ 
  . 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  July 
  1881. 
  

  

  40. 
  Philemon 
  citreogularis 
  (Gould). 
  

   Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p, 
  190; 
  Gadow, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  277. 
  

  

  a. 
  c?. 
  Port 
  Curtis, 
  Queensland, 
  April 
  1881. 
  

  

  b. 
  2 
  • 
  Port 
  Darwin, 
  Oct, 
  1881. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  the 
  yellow 
  throat 
  is 
  strictly 
  peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  

   young, 
  and 
  is 
  accompanied 
  by 
  an 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  linear 
  tufts 
  

   to 
  the 
  breast-feathers. 
  The 
  latter 
  are 
  often 
  assumed, 
  however, 
  

   before 
  the 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  throat 
  has 
  disappeared. 
  

  

  