PTILOTIS FLAVESCENS, Gould. 
Yellow-tinted Honey-eater. 
Ptilotis jlavescens, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part VII. p. 144. 
The only example of this new species that I have seen is from the north coast of Australia, where it was 
procured and subsequently presented to me by my friend Benjamin Bynoe, Esq., late of Her Majesty’s Sur- 
veying Ship the Beagle. It differs from all the other members of its genus in the uniform yellow colouring 
of its plumage, for which reason I have assigned to it the specific appellation of Jlavescens , — a term indica- 
tive of the colouring by which it may be readily distinguished from its congeners. 
I regret to say that nothing whatever is at present known of its habits or economy. 
Head and all the under surface delicate citron-yellow, the yellow prevailing over the head ; immediately 
under the ear-coverts a spot of blackish brown, posterior to which is a spot of bright yellow ; the remainder 
of the plumage olive-grey. 
The figures are of the natural size. 
