THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Ptilotis cratitia zarda Mathews, ib., pt. 8, p. 193, March 20th, 1913: new name for preceding, 
not P. chrysops samueli , id., ib. 
Lichenostomus cratitius cratitius Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 278, 1913. 
Lichenostomus cratitius zarda Mathews, ib. 
Lichenostomus cratitius howei Mathews, ib. 
Lichenostomus cratitius carpentariensis Mathews, ib. 
Lichenostomus cratitius stirlingi Mathews, ib. 
Lichenostomus cratitius occidentalis Mathews, ib. 
Distribution. Southern Australia from the Kow Plains, Victoria, through South 
Australia and Kangaroo Island to Albany, South-west Australia. [Gulf of 
Carpentaria ?] (Never in forest country ?) 
Adult male. Head dark grey, back of the neck grey, gradually merging into the greenish- 
olive colour of the back ; mantle, rump, upper wing-coverts, upper tail-coverts 
and tail, outer margins of the wings and tail yellowish-green ; feather's in front of 
and behind the eye brownish-black ; cheeks silvery-grey, an elongated tuft of feathers 
below r the ear-coverts golden-yellow ; chin and throat dusky-yellow^ with lighter 
tips of yellows producing a rather streaked appearance ; chest, breast and flanks 
greyish-yellow, becoming creamy-yellow on the middle of the abdomen and under 
tail-coverts ; under-surface of wings ash-brown, broadly margined on the inner 
web with rich yellowish-buff. Eyes deep browm, feet dark lead-grev, bill black. 
The narrow lilac w r attle extends to the ear-coverts. Total length 170 mm. ; culmen 
13, wing 84, tail 82, tarsus 24. Figured. Collected in the Stirling Ranges, West 
Australia, on the 28th of September, 1910, and is the type of P. c. stirlingi. (Mid. 
%•) 
Adult male. Top of the head dark grey, back of the neck, mantle, low r er back, rump, 
upper tail-coverts, wing-coverts and secondaries dark olive ; flight-feathers ashy- 
brown, margined on the outer web with yellowish-green ; tail-feathers greenish- 
olive, margined on the outer webs with yellow f ish-green ; feathers in front of the 
eye black ; a line of blackish feathers from the eye to the sides of the neck ; a small 
elongated tuft of golden-yellow r feathers below r the ear ; chin and throat dusky- 
yellow' with light grey bases to the feathers ; a well-marked malar-stripo composed 
of golden-yellow 7 feathers; chest, breast and flanks greyish-yellow, lightest on the 
abdomen and under tail-coverts ; under-surface of quills ash-browm, margined on 
the inner w 7 eb with buff. Bill, feet and eyes black. Total length 100 mm.; 
culmen 13, wing 80, tail 74, tarsus 23. Figured. Collected on Kow Plains, Victoria, 
on the 11th of October, 1909, and is the type of P. c. howei. (Top fig.) 
Adult male. Lores, top of the head and back of the neck dark grey, each feather with a 
mesial-streak of faint blackish-browm along the shaft; mantle, back, rump, wing- 
coverts and scapulars greenish-olive ; flight-feat hem ash-brown, widely margined 
on the outer web with yellowish-green ; tail-feathers greenish-olive, fringed on 
the outer web with yellowish-green ; feathers in front of the eye black, those 
surrounding the eye and continued on to the ear-coverts blackish-grey ; a tuft of 
feathers below 7 the ear golden-yellow ; feathers of the chin, throat and breast grey 
at the base and tipped with yellow 7 ; malar-streak golden-yellow, remainder of the 
under-surface olive-yellow; under-surface of the primary-quills asli-brown, 
margined along the base of the inner web with rich buff ; under aspect of tail 
yellowish-olive, slightly paler at the tip. Total length 190 mm. ; culmen 13, wing 88, 
tail 82, tarsus 28. Figured. Collected on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, on 
the 25th of March, 1905. (Bottom fig.) 
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