20 COLLECTIONS FROM MELANESIA. 



late Mr. Forbes to P. chrysotis (P. Z. 8. l s ?s, p. 124, and Report 

 Vby. II. M.S. ' Challenger,' ii. p. 88) really belong to P. notata. 



34. Ptilotis lewinii, Swains. 

 Ramsay, t. e. p. l v< .»: Gadow, t. c. p. 229. 

 c» 6. Port Molle, Queensland, May 1881. 



35. Ptilotis fasciogiilaris, (?ewZd. 



Gould, I'. Z. S. 1851, p. 285; Ramsay, t. c. p. 189; Gadow, t. c. 

 p. 240. 



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



36. Ptilotis flava, Gould. 

 'Ramsay, t. c. p. 189 ; Gadow, t. c. p. 246. 



a. § . Port Denison, Queensland, May 1881. 



37. Ptilotis unicolor, Gould. 



Gadow, t. c. p. 249. 



Storuiopera unicolor, Ramsay, t. e. p. 189. 



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



38. Philemon argentiiceps (Gun Id). 

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



a. d . Port Darwin, Oct. 1881. 



39. Philemon buceroides, Swains. 

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



a. 5 . Thursday Island, Torres Straits, July 1881. 



4u. Philemon citreogularis {Gould). 

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



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



b. 2 • Port Darwin, Oct. 1881. 



1 1 would senn that the yellow throat is strictly peculiar to the 

 \nuii-, and is accompanied l>y 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. 



