PTILOTIS, 201 



- ^ PTILOTIS FLAVIOOLLIS, Vieilloi. 



(P.flavigula, Gould.) 

 Yellow-tliroated Honey-eater. 

 Gould, Handbk. Ms. Aust., Vol i. sp. 310, p. 508. :X2C ^3. 



I have never seen the nest of this species, but extract the 

 following description from Mr. Gould's Handbook, Vol. i., 

 p. fl08 : — " The nest of this species, which is generally placed 

 in a low bush, differs very considerably from those of all the other 

 Honey-eaters, with which I am acquainted, particularly in the 

 character of the material forming the lining ; it is the largest and 

 warmest of the whole, and is usually formed of ribbons of stringy- 

 bark, mixed with grass and the cocoons of spiders ; towards the 

 cavity it is more neatly built, and is lined internally with opossum 

 or kangaroo fur ; in some instances the hair-like material at the 

 base of the large leaf stalks of the tree-fern is employed for the 

 lining, and in others there is merely a flooring of wiry grasses and 

 fine twigs.'' 



Eggs two or three in number for a sitting, of a pale fleshy-buff", 

 spotted and blotched on the larger end with round deep chestnut- 

 red markings, together with irregular-shaped spots of very faint 

 chestnut-brown, in other specimens the markings are of the 

 latter colour very minutely and evenly dispersed over the surface 

 of the shell, together with a few obsolete spots of dark lilac on the 

 larger end. 



Two specimens in the Dobroyde Collection taken near Hobart, 

 in September, measure as follows : — length (A) 0'96 x 0'67 inch ; 

 (B) 0-95 X 0-67 inch. 



Sab. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania. 

 (^Bamsai/.') 



•2. PTILOTIS LEUCOTIS, Latham. 



WMte-eared Honey-eater. 

 Gould, Sandbk. Bds. Aust., Yol I, sp. 3U, p. 510. ^EUL ^ 



' This bird is widely distributed over the eastern and southern 

 portions of the continent of Australia, and is likewise found in the 



