YELLOW-PLUMED HONEY-EATER. 
Sacramela ornata ornata Mathews, ib. 
Sacramela ornata wesleydalei Mathews, ib. 
Sacramela, ornata munna Mathews, ib. 
Sacramela ornata tailemi Mathews, ib. 
Sacramela ornata underbooli Mathews, ib. 
Meliphaga ornata McGilp, Emu, Vol. XXII., p. 286, 1923. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, South-west Australia. 
Adult male. Feathers of the lores, sides of the face, cheeks, top of the head and hind-neck 
greenish-yellow ; upper mantle, back, rump, scapulars and wing-coverts greyish- 
brown ; upper tail-coverts yellowish-green; tail-feathers ash-brown with the 
outer webs golden-green; primaries ash-brown, margined on the inner web, 
towards the base, with golden-yellow and towards the tip with whitish ; an indistinct 
line of vellowish-green from the angle of the gape to below the eyes ; a tuft of long 
golden-yellow plumes below the ear-coverts ; chin, throat, neck, chest and sides 
of the body yellowish-white, streaked with blackish-brown ; feathers of the chin 
and upper throat washed with yellow ; belly and under tail-coverts creamy-white 
with only a few mesial streaks. Eyes hazel, legs and feet fleshy, bill black. 
Total length 168 mm* : culmen 11, wing 87, tail 73, tarsus 23. Figured. Collected 
at Broome Hill, South-west Australia, on the 16th of June, 1908, and is the type 
of P. o wesleydalei. 
Adult female. Feathers of the lores, fore-head and crown greenish-yellow ; upper back, 
mantle, -wing-coverts, lower back and rump brownish-grey washed with olive ; 
upper tail-coverts greenish-yellow; middle tail-feathers yellowish-green, outer 
feathers greyish-brown, with the outer webs yellowish-olive, slightly margined 
at the tip with white ; primaries and secondaries greyish-brown with the outer 
webs yellowish-olive towards the base and whitish towards the tips ; a small black 
spot in front of the eye; a streak from the gape to below the eye golden-yellow ; a 
tuft of long bright golden-yellow plumes below the ear-coverts ; chin, throat, 
chest, belly and sides of the body white, each feather mesially streaked with ash- 
brown ; abdomen and under tail-coverts white. Eyes hazel. Total length 160 mm. ; 
culmeiL 11, w r ing 77, tail 67, tarsus 21. Figured. Collected at Underbool, Victoria, 
on the 12th of September, 1910, and is the type of P. o. underbooli. 
Nearly adult male. Crown of head and sides of face yellow with brown centres to the feathers 
on the former ; a streak of yellow on the sides of the neck ; lores and fore-part of 
eye-ring blackish ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, scapulars, and lesser upper wing- 
coverts pale umber-brown ; bastard-wing, greater coverts, primary-coverts, and 
flight-quills dark brown fringed with greenish-yellow and the latter margined on 
the inner webs with buff ; tail-feathers dark brown fringed on the outer w r ebs with 
bronze-yellow; under-surface for the greater part yellowish-white with dusky 
bases to the feathers—which imparts a greyish appearance ; thighs rust-brown ; 
under tail-coverts pale yellow ; under w 7 ing-coverts buff ; under-surface of flight- 
quills dark brown margined with buff ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper- 
surface but paler. Eyes hazel, bill fleshy-horn with base orange ; feet and legs 
purple-flesh. Collected at Broome Hill, South-west Australia, on the 8th of 
February, 1919. 
Immature male. Top of head, hind-neck, back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, scapulars, 
and lesser upper wing-coverts tawny-brown ; greater coverts, bastard-wing, and 
primary-coverts tinged with green; flight-quills dark brown fringed wit u 
yellow on the outer webs and margined on the inner ones ; sides of the 1 ace i e cue 
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