from Western Australia. 183 
owing to the arrangement of the lateral parts of the webs. 
The nasal groove occupies nearly one half of the length 
of the mandible (0*35 inch), just as it does in the adult 
(0'6 inch) ; the feet are bluish, more so than in the adult. 
Specimen A. — The peculiarity is here a faint flush of olive- 
green upon the lower breast and abdomen. Even though 
the parent of C, it still retains the colour indicative of 
youth ; moreover, the youth of this particular specimen is 
evidenced by faint yellow on the breast and abdomen. 
This bird was tolerably numerous upon the sand-plains, 
which are richly decorated at the above time of year with 
a great variety of blossoms and teem with honey-laden 
shrubs, herbs, and Banksia-trQQ^. 
36. Ptilotis sonora. Singing Honey-eater. (HalPs 
Key, p. 41.) 
One adult male. 27.10.99. Geraldton. 
An orchid owner spoke of this species as quite a grape- 
stealer ; but such a failing is not confined to the western 
bird alone, as a similar statement has been made in the 
eastern colonies. 
37. Ptilotis LEiLAVALENsis. Lesser White-plumed Honey- 
eater. (Hall's Key, p. 43.) 
Wing. Tail. BiU. Tarsus, 
in. in. in. in. 
A. Ad. c?. 27.10.99. Geraldton ... 2-9 2-65 O'S 0*8 
B. Ad. c?. 14.10.99. „ ...305 285 0*5 0'8 
C. Ad. c?. 27.10.99. „ ...3-1 30 05 08 
Average 3-01 2*83 O'S 0*8 
Averageof sixskinsof P.j^mici/Za/a . 3'19 3"13 0*43 0*8 
In these specimens the black at the base of the post- 
auricular patch is variable in position. A nest found at 
Geraldton on Oct. 29th contained two unfledged young. 
Exteriorly it was formed of the filament-bearing seeds of 
Clematis and interiorly of white horsehair. Eggs collected for 
me by,Mr. Douglas Darling at Geraldton agree tolerably well 
with the description given by Mr. A. J. Campbell in the Vict. 
Nat. vol. xvi. p. 87. 
