PHILEMON. 219 



Genus PHILEMON, Vieillot. 



'3 PHILEMON CITREOGULARIS, Gould. 



Yellow-throated Friar Bir.d 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 337, p. 549. 



This bird is universally dispersed throughout the whole interior 

 of Australia, along the banks of rivers and water courses, from 

 which it is seldom found far away. The nest is a cup-shaped 

 structure, outwardly composed of dried grasses, lined inside with 

 wool or fur, and placed at the extremity of a drooping branch, 

 near or overhanging water. The eggs are three in number for a 

 sitting. A set taken by Mr. K. H. Bennett, on the Lachlan 

 River, in October 1882, are of a reddish-salmon ground colour, 

 which is nearly obscured by very faint, clouded and streaky 

 markings of reddish-purple, and purplish-grey, the latter colour 

 appearing as if beneath the surface of the shell, the markings 

 becoming darker towards the larger end. Length (A) 1*15 x 0'8 

 inch J (B) 1-12 x 0-8 inch ; (C) 1-03 x 0-75 inch. 



This species breeds during the months of September, October, 

 and November. 



Hah. Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay 

 District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South 

 Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia. {Ramsay.) 



2-^ PHILEMON SORDIDUS, Gould. 



Sordid Friar Bird. 

 Omild, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 338, p. 550. JCTT 3. 



" The nest of this species is very similar to that of the members 

 of the genus Tropidorhynchus, being a cup-shaped structure of 

 bark and grass, slung by the rim to the forks of twigs at the 

 end of some horizontal or drooping branch. It is about half the 

 size of that of Tropidorhynchus cornioulatus, and equal to that of 

 Philemon citreogulmria, of which this species is but a northern 



