, THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Ptilotis leucotis torringtoni Mathews, ib., pt. 3, p. 80, June 28th, 1912 : Torrington, North 
New South Wales. 
Ptilotis leucotis melanodera Mathews, ib. 
Ptilotis leucotis thomasi Mathews, ib., pt. 4, p. 99, Sept. 18th, 1912 : new name for P. i. 
munna (not P. ornatus munna Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 410, Jan. 31st, 
1912). 
Ptilotis leucotis mallet Mathews, ib., pt. 8, p. 193, March 20tli, 1913 : Mallee, Victoria. 
Nesoptilotis leucotis leucotis Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 276, 1913. 
Nesoptilotis leucotis torringtoni Mathews, ib. 
Nesoptilotis leucotis melanodera Mathews, ib. ; Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 339, 1914. 
Nesoptilotis leucotis mallee Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 276, 1913. 
Nesoptilotis leucotis depauperata Mathews, ib. 
Nesoptilotis leucotis thomasi Mathews, ib. 
Nesoptilotis leucotis novceiwrcice Mathews, ib. 
Nesoptilotis leucotis woolandra Mathews, Bulletin Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. XLIII., p. 13, 
Oct. 27th, 1922 : Woolundra, South-w r est Australia. 
Distribution. South Queensland, New f South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Kangaroo 
Island and South-west Australia. 
Adult male. Feathers of the top of the head dark grey, each feather mesially streaked 
along the shaft with blackish; back of the neck, mantle, rump, upper tail-coverts, 
wing-coverts and secondaries bright greenish-olive; flight-feathers ashj 7 -brown, 
margined on the outer w r eb with bright olive-green ; tail-feathers ash-brown, each 
leather widely margined on the outer w r eb with dark greenish-yellow ; feathers in 
front of and behind the eye blackish, a large elongated patch of silvery-white 
feathers on the sides of the face ; chin, throat and fore-neck black, the grey bases 
of the feathers showing tlirough on the chin and throat, giving these parts a somewhat 
grej r appearance ; sides of the neck, chest and body dark greenish-olive tipped 
with golden-yellow; middle of belly light golden-yellow; under tail-coverts 
whitish-yellow r ; under-surface of wings ash-browm, margined on the inner web 
with rich buff. Eyes buff, feet and bill black. Total length 210 mm.; culmen 15, 
wing 102, tail 96, tarsus 25. Figured. Collected at Selby, Victoria, on the 
5th of April, 1912. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 
Immature. Top of head and nape dark browm with bronze-green margins to the feathers; 
lores, superciliary-streak, and patch below the eye blackish like the sides of the 
neck ; ear-coverts pale sulphur-yellow ; entire back, wings, and tail yellowish- 
green ; inner webs of flight-quills blackish-brow’n with buff margins ; tail-feathers 
similar with dark inner w'ebs, pale tips, and black shafts ; chin, throat, and fore¬ 
neck blackish, more or less tinged with dark slate-grey ; breast and sides of body 
yellowish-green more or less tinged with lead-grey on the latter ; middle of abdomen 
and under tail-coverts yellow'; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and inner margins 
of flight-quills below pale buff, remainder of quill-lining hair-brow r n; lower aspect 
of tail yellowish-green. Collected on the Murray River (Murray Bridge) in 1900. 
Juvenile. General colour of the upper-surface including the top of the head, back, wings, 
and tail bronze-green, oar-coverts pale lemon-yellow ; chin and throat dusky-brown, 
becoming bronze-green on the breast, fading off into dull yellow on the 
abdomen, sides of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts; under wing-coverts pale 
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