38 ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY THE 'CHALLENGER/ 



11. PTILOEHIS ALBERTI, Elliot. 



Ptiloris alberti, Ell. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 583 ; id. Mon. Farad, pi. xxiv. ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. of B. iii. p. 156. 



Ptiloris magnificus, Gould, B. Austr. Suppl. pi. 51. 



Craspedophora magnified, id. Handb. i. p. 595. 



Six skins of this Rifle-bird from Cape York, four of which are adult 

 males in full plumage, and one a female. Another, marked $ , is either 

 a young male corning into fall plumage, or more probably an aged female 

 assuming male plumage, as some of the feathers on the top of the head 

 show traces of a metallic blue colour, as also does the shoulder, whilst 

 more or fewer of the primaries on each side have acquired the black 

 colour characteristic of the male. Of Nos. 164 and 165 it is noted in 

 Mr. Murray's journal : " Males : eyes, bill, and legs black, soles of the 

 feet yellow. The stomach contained a red fruit, with a large stone about 

 the size of a pea. Some parts of insects in 165." Of No. 184, " Female : 

 eyes black ; stomach contained ants and grubs." Besides the specimens 

 sent, several others seem to have been procured. An interesting account 

 of the shooting of these specimens will be found in Lord George Camp- 

 bell's 'Log Letters from the ' Challenger,' ' p. 185. 



12. MIMETA VIEIDIS (Lath.). 



Mimeta viridis, Gld. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 462. 



Oriolus viridis, G-ld. B. Austr. iv. pi. 13; Sharpe, Cat. of B. iii. p. 212. 

 A young male from Cape York, agreeing generally with Mr. Sharpe's 

 description (I. c.) of the young bird. " No. 169, rf . Thrush." 



13. MIMETA FLAVOCI^CTUS (King). 



Mimeta flavocincta, Gld. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 466. 

 P. Z. S. 1878, Oriolus flavocinctus, Gld. B. of Austr. iv. pi. 14. 

 p. 124. Oriolus flavicinctus, Sharpe, Cat. of B. iii. p. 206. 



An adult male from Cape York, agreeing with skins in Mr. Godman's 

 collection, collected by Cockerell. " No. 189, <$ . Shrike. Eyes red, 

 bill red, feet bluish." 



14. SPHECOTHEEES FLAYIYEJSTTBIS, Gld. 



Sphecotheres flaviventris, Gld. B. of Austr. Suppl. pi. 37 ; id. Handb. 

 B. Austr. i. p. 468 ; Sharpe, Cat. of B. iii. p. 225. 



Three specimens from Cape York, of which two are males in full 

 plumage, agreeing with specimens in Mr. Godman's collection. " Nos. 

 172, 173. Eyes black, feet flesh, bill black." The third specimen is 

 marked female (" No. 174, $> . Eyes black, bill horn, legs brownish. 

 Stomach contained insects and seeds "), but, as there are traces of 

 yellow on the breast, is more probably a young male assuming the adult 



