Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on the Genus Platalea. 49 



black ; bill black or transversely barred with purplish 

 black. A yellow triangular patch at the back of the 

 forehead and above and below the eye^ less marked below. 

 The plumes on the forehead do not advance to above 

 the posterior margin of the eye, and are distant ca. 1*2 

 from the base of the culmen. The naked throat extends 

 from 2*3-2'8 beyond the angle of the mouth, and is 

 either rounded or slightly W-shaped posteriorly. End 

 of spatule obtusely truncate. Primaries white. 

 Imni. Naked skin of forehead and throat black ; bill 

 brownish black. Yellow on forehead and above and 

 below the eye indistinct or absent. The plumes on the 

 forehead advance to above the middle of the eye within 

 about "6 of the base of the culmen. The naked throat 

 extends about 1"5 beyond the angle of the mouth and is 

 W-shaped posteriorly. Tips of primaries blackish. 

 The following table (pp. 50_, 51) gives a list of all the spe- 

 cimens I have been able to examine, with measurements and 

 other details. For those in the Leyden Museum I am in- 

 debted to the kindness of Dr. Biittikofer. 



Geographical Distribution of P. melauorhyncha. 



Timor : Adult specimen in the Leyden Museum, presented 

 by Governor Lansberge. 



Derby, N.IV. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 

 Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Rich- 

 mond and Clarence Rivers, New South Wales, Interior, Vic- 

 toria and S. Australia (Ramsay, ' Tabular List of Australian 

 Birds,' p. 20). 



(?) Castle Point, East Coast of N. Island, New Zealand 

 (Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7469). Shot at Manawatu River, 

 and supposed to have been seen at Rangitikei River (Buller, 

 Trans. N. Z. Inst. ix. p. 337). 



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