20 COLLECTIONS FKOM MELANESIA. 



late Mr. Forbes to P. ehrysotis (P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 124, and Eeport 

 Voy. B[.M:.S. ' Challenger,' ii. p. 88) really belong to P. notata. 



34. Ptilotis lewinii, Swains. 

 Sammy, t. e. p. 189 ; Gadow, t. e. p. 229. 

 a h. Port MoUe, Queensland, May 1881. 



35. Ptilotis fasciogularis, Oould. 



Gmld, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 285 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 189 ; Gadow, t. c. 

 p. 240. 



a. 5 . Port Curtis, Queensland, April 1881. 



36. Ptilotis flava, Gould. 

 Ramsay, t. c. p. 189 ; Gadow, t. c. p. 246. 



a. 5 . Port Denison, Queensland, May 1881. 



37. Ptilotis nuicolor, Gcmld. 



Gadow, t. c. p. 249. 



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



a. 6 ad. Port Darwin, Nov. 2, 1881. 



38. Philemon argentiiceps {Gould). 

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



a. cT . Port Darwin, Oct. 1881. 



39. Philemon buceroides, Swaim. 

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



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



40. Philemon citreognlaris {Oould). 

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



a. (J . Port Curtis, Queensland, April 1881. 

 6. 2 ■ Port Darwin, Oct. 1881. 



It would seem that the yeUow throat is strictly peculiar to the 

 young, and is accompanied by 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. ' 



