YELLOW-TINTED HONEY-EATER. 
on the outer web with olive-yellow, narrowly margined on the inner web with 
whitish, and all the feathers except the middle pair tipped with white ; primaries 
and secondaries olive-brown, with the outer web towards the base olive-green and 
whitish towards the tip ; ear-coverts dull yellow bordered below by blackish-brown ; 
a tuft of golden-yellow feathers on the sides of the neck, chin and throat; chin and 
throat pale yellow, remainder of the under-surface of the body whitish-yellow with 
a few indistinct grey streaks on the chest and breast; under wing-co 1 verts and 
axillaries pale buff. Ej^es grey, feet lavender, bill black. Total length 145 mm. ; 
culrnen 10, wing 77, tail 64, tarsus 19. Figured. Collected at Normanton, Gulf 
of Carpentaria, North Queensland, on the 30th of April, 1914. 
The sexes are alike. 
Adult male. Lores, fore-head and crown dull olive-yellow; back of the neck, mantle, back, 
rump, upper tail-coverts, scapulars and wing-coverts dull brownish-olive, washed 
on the upper tail-coverts with olive-yellow ; tail olive-brown, margined on the 
outer web with bright olive-yellow and on the inner web and at the tip with whitish ; 
primaries olive-brown with the outer web bright olive-yellow ; secondaries ash- 
brown widely margined on the outer web with olive-yellow ; ear-coverts olive-yellow 
bordered beiow with black and with a tuft of golden-yellow" plumes on the sides of 
the neck; chin and throat uniform bright yellow ; chest and sides of the body bright 
yellow with indistinct streaks of dull brownish-grey ; middle of the abdomen and 
under tail-coverts bright yellow ; under wing-coverts, axillaries and quill-lining 
fulvous-buff. Eyes brown, feet and tarsus pale leaden-brown, bill brown, lower 
base yellow. Total length 158 mm. ; culrnen 12, wing 78, tail 66, tarsus 20. Figured. 
Collected on Melville Island, Northern Territory, on the 24th of October, 1911, and 
is the type of P. /. melvillensis. (Bottom figure.) 
Nearly adult male. Crown of head and nape dull yellow ; hind-neck, sides of neck, back, 
rump, and upper tail-coverts fawn-colour like the scapulars and lesser upper wing- 
coverts ; the greater series, bastard-wing, and outer aspect of flight-quills yellowish- 
green, the inner-webs of the last dark brown margined with buff ; tail pale brown 
fringed with yellowish-green ; lores and sides of face, and ear-coverts bright pale 
yellow r , some dark feathers immediately behind the ear-coverts ; throat white ; 
fore-neck, breast, sides of breast, abdomen, sides of body, thighs, and under tail- 
coverts pale j'ellow ; axillaries and under wing-coverts buffy-white ; under-surface 
of flight-quills dark brown margined with buff ; lower aspect of tail dark brown 
with yellow margins to the feathers. Eyes grey, feet lavender, bill yellow. Wing jo. 
Collected at Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria, on the 16th of May, 1914. 
Immature female. Top of head, nape, hind-neck, and sides of neck dull yellow ; back and 
upper tail-coverts ochreous like the scapulars and lesser and median upper wmg- 
coverts; the greater series and flight-quills yellow", inner webs of the last nan-brown 
margined with yellow ; tail pale yellowish-brown ; eye region, sides o ace, c nn, 
and throat bright yellow ; ear-coverts pale brown; fore-neck, breast, abdomen, 
sides of body, and under tail-coverts pale lemon-yellow ; marginal under wmg- 
coverts yellowish-buff ; under-surface of flight-quills dark brown with buff margins ; 
lower aspect of tail pale yellow. North-west Australia on the 1st ot June, 1901. 
Nest. 
The three following nests were collected at Derby, West Kimberley, North west 
Australia :— 
Jecember 4th, 1910. Two in full clutch, one broken. Tree, paperbaxk. 
[eight from the ground 15 feet. Nest was suspended from a n ranc 
)osely constructed of thin strips of paperbark, rootlets and pieces o , 
hole being lightly fastened together with cobwebs and fastene o 
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