PTI LOT IS FUSCA (Gould). 



FUSCOUS IIoSEY-EATER. 



f 1 1 1 1 E brushes of New South Wales are the only places in which this species has been found; but 

 1 there it is very abundant, both in summer and winter. It docs not differ in its habits from the 

 other Ptilotes, being generally seen, like them, among the blossoms and leafy branches of trees and 

 shrubs, especially of the, Teeoma, among whose thick clusters it finds abundance of insects. 



Except that the female is slightly smaller than the male, there is no outward dissimilarity 

 between the sexes. 



The whole of the upper surface is greyish-brown, with a tinge of olive; ear-coverts, blackish- 

 brown: behind the ear is a small patch of yellow: throat, chest, and under surface, greyish-brown; 

 bill, yellow at the base and black at the tip : irides, yellow ; feet, brown. 



Total length, 6| inches: bill, I inch: wing, 3^ inches; tail, l >: , ! inches; tarsi, inch. 



Habitat : New South Wales. 



PTI LOT IS CASSIDIX (Javd.) 



HELM EE ED HONEY -E A TEE. 



ONE of the finest of the Honey-caters is the present one, first brought under the notice of scientific 

 men by Sir William Jar dine. It is a native of the southern portion of Victoria, the first 

 specimens being found at Western Port Bay, near Port Phillip Heads. Its nearest ally is Plilotis 

 Auricomis, from which bird, however, it differs considerably in size and plumage. The habits, as far as 

 they are known, are very much the same in both. 



The raised tuft of feathers on the forehead, the crown of the head, nape, breast, and under 

 surface are wax-yellow: cheeks and ear-tufts, rich yellow; lores, sides of the face, and ear-coverts, jet- 

 black ; all the upper surface, wings, and tail, olive-grey ; all but the four central tail-feathers tipped 

 with white : bill, black : feet, grey. 



Total length, ?A inches; bill, £ inch; wing, 4 : |. inches; tail, 4| inches; tarsi, 1 inch. 

 Habitat : Victoria. 



