PTILOTIS ELAVIGULA. 



(Yellow-throated Honey Eater.) 



Ceown of the head and cheeks, blackish grey ; back, wing, and tail, yellowish olive ; inner webs of primaries and tertiaries, blackish brown — 

 outer edges of the former, bright yellowish olive ; throat, bright yellow ; ear coverts, blackish grey, tipped with yellow ; chest, grey, tinged 

 with olive ; centre of abdomen, buff, blendiDg into greyish buff on the flanks ; under tail coverts and under surface of tail, olive buff, the 

 former fringed with dull buff; irides, light brown; bill, black; feet, brownish lead color. The female is similar in appearance, but smaller 

 in size. 



Length, 8 inches ; wing, 4i ; tail, 4i ; bill, 1 ; tarsus, 1. 



This very well defined species is limited to Tasmania and the southern portions of the continent of Australia. It is abundant 

 in the ravines and gullies about Hobart Town, where its full and melodious note may often be heard. It feeds upon small insects, especially 

 bees, and also upon the pollen of plants. September is the month of incubation. The nest is large and very compactly made ; the outer part 

 being formed of stringy bark and grass, and the inner part lined with kangaroo or opossum fur. The eggs, two or three in number, are 

 light fleshy buff, spotted with chestnut and grey : size, 11 by 8 lines. 



PTILOTIS PILIGERA. 



(Streaked Honey Eater.) 



Forehead and lores brown; crown and nape, dark grey, rather indistinctly striped with white; ear coverts, silvery grey, bounded by a tuft of 

 silvery white above, and golden yellow beneath ; back and shoulders, olive brown ; greater coverts, secondaries and tertiaries, brown, the 

 former largely tipped with buff, and the two latter edged with reddish buff"; primaries, blackish brown; throat, light grey; chest and abdomen, 

 brownish buff, obscurely spotted with white ; bill, black ; feet, dark grey. 



Length, Ti inches ; wing, 4i ; tail, 3i ; bill, 1 ; tarsus, 1. 



This very distinct species is a denizen of the Cape York peninsula. Nothing has as yet been recorded concerning it. 



PTILOTIS CHUYSOTIS. 



(Yellow-eared Honey Eater.) 



Crown of the head and lores, dark blackish olive ; a whitish yellow streak is immediately underneath the eye ; face, dark grey, followed by a 

 patch of primrose yellow ; all the upper surface and wings, dull olive ; under surface, olive grey, darkest on the chest ; margin of shoulder 

 underneath, buff; outer webs of primaries, olive green; inner webs, blackish brown, edged with buff; tail, blackish olive, edged with dull 

 olive ; under tail coverts buffy white with a broad patch of olive grey in the centre ; skin around the gape, white ; bill, black ; feet, brownish 

 grey ; irides, nearly black. 



Length, 7| inches ; wing, 3| ; tail, 3f ; bill, f ; tarsus, |. 



This plainly colored species is apparently confined to the eastern portions of Australia; its range, probably, not extendino- 

 westward beyond the colony of Victoria. It is very abundant in New South Wales and the southern parts of Queensland. In disposition it 

 is by no means shy, and besides frequenting the brushes, scrubs, or open forest, it is in the habit of visiting gardens to feed upon the insects, 

 pollen, and fruits. It has a loud whistle which may be heard at a considerable distance, and which it utters without ceasing durino- the 

 spring and summer. The nest is a cup-shaped structure suspended by the rim, and is formed of sticks and lined with fine twigs. The eggs 

 are two or three in number, pearly white, and spotted with purplish brown, the spots forming a zone at the large end : size, 11^ by 8 lines. 



