THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Campbell, dealing with a collection of birds from the Torres Straits Islands, 
has written : “ Two dcT, one $. P. clirysotis (lewinii) and this distinct species, 
both being found in Northern Queensland, and similay in size and coloration, 
are sometimes confusing to field observers, but the examination of cabinet 
skins shows that P. notata, besides being smaller, is fighter coloured and 
more yellowish on the under-surface than P. clirysotis. As expected, notata 
from the luxuriant scrubs of the mainland is a trifle darker than these Torres 
Straits skins. This and the Lesser Spotted Honey-eater were two of the 
commonest species on the island, and both were observed breeding in the paper 
barks.” 
Though so little has been written regarding the habits of this species, there 
is a lot of literature in connection with this and the next species as regards their 
extra-fimital distribution and forms. 
men I made up my “ Reference List ” in 1912 I subordinated the 
Australian P. notata to the New Guinea P. analoga as a subspecies and added 
another form, thus : 
Ptilotis analoga notata Gould. 
North Queensland (Cape York). 
Ptilotis analoga mixta Mathews. 
Differs from P. a. notata in being darker above and below, especially 
noticeable on the vent. Johnston River, N.Q.” 
North Queensland (Cairns District). 
In my 1913 “ List ” I maintained this, with the transference into the 
genus Ptilotina, as: 
Ptilotina analoga notata (Gould). 
Ptilotina analoga mixta (Mathews). 
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