WHITE-PLUMED HONEY-EATER. 
1905 (W.A.) ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p. 97, 1908; Cleland, Emu, VoL 
VIII., p. 155, 1909 (W.A.) ; Whitlock, ib., p. 184 (W.A.) ; id., ib Vol. IX., p. 211, 
1910 (W.A.) ; Orton and Sandland, ib ., Vol. XIII., p. 80, 1913 (W.A.) ; Campbell, 
ib., Vol. XVIII., p. 5, 1918. 
Ptilotis penicillata penicillata Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 412, Jan. 31st, 1912. 
Ptilotis penicillata mellori Mathews, ib. : Templestowe, Victoria ; id., Austral Av. Rec., 
Vol. I., p. 62, 1912. 
Ptilotis penicillata whitei Mathews, ib. : Murray Flats, South Australia. 
Ptilotis penicillata rosince Mathews, ib. : Port Augusta, South Australia ; Ashby, Emu, 
Vol. XVI., p. 233, 1917. 
Ptilotis penicillata leilavalemis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 412, 1912; S. A. White, 
Emu, Vol. XIV., p. 191, 1915 (Central Australia) ; id., ib., Vol. XV., p. 161, 1916. 
Ptilotis penicillata carteri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 412, 1912. 
Ptilotis penicillata ladasi Mathews, ib., p. 413, Jan. 31st, 1912 : East Murchison, West 
Australia. 
Ptilotis penicillata calconi Mathews, ib. : Mungi, North-west Australia. 
Ptilotis whitei S. A. White, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 180, 1913 (S.A.). 
Ptilotula penicillata penicillata Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 281, 1913. 
Ptilotula penicillata leilavalensis Mathews, ib. 
Ptilotula penicillata mellori Mathews, ib. ; Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 343, 1914. 
Ptilotula penicillata whitei Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 281, 1913. 
Ptilotula penicillata rosince Mathews, ib. 
Ptilotula penicillata ladasi Mathews, ib. 
Ptilotula penicillata carteri Mathews, ib. 
Ptilotula penicillata calconi Mathews, ib. 
Ptilotis geraldtonensis Ashby, Emu, Vol. XX., pt. III., p. 136-190, Jan. 13th, 1921 : 
Geraldton, West Australia ; Mellor, ib., p. 139 ; Carter, ib., Vol. XXI., p. 55, 1921 
Ptilotis penicillata centralia Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. \., pts. 2—3, p. 3/, Feb. -1st 
1913 : Central Australia. 
Distribution. Interior of Australia generally, reaching coast at North-west Cape and 
Geraldton, West Australia, and Port Augusta, South Australia. 
Adult male. Feathers of the lores and cheeks olive-yellow ; fore-head and top of thei head 
dull yellowish-olive ; mantle, back, rump, scapulars and wing-coverts dull olive , 
upper tail-coverts yellowish-olive ; middle pair of tail-feathers olive-^reen ; ™m 
der of the tail-feathers ash-brown with the outer webs olive-green ]™an^ 
and outer secondaries brownish-black, the outer webs basaily margined 
greenish-yellow and terminally with greyish-white; innermost 
olive, broadly margined on the outer web with greenish-yellow ; sides of the neck 
ornamented with a^patch of silvery-white feathers ; throat and 
washed with yellowish-olive ; fore-neck, chest and sides of bo J 
of the belly, abdomen and under tail-coverts yellowish-grey , wd ® P i 
Eyes brown, feet grey, bill black. Total length 173 mm culmen i0 wing 81, 
tail 75, tarsus 22. Figured. Collected at Templestowe.Victoria, on the 10th of 
June, 1901, and is the type of P. p. mellori. (Bottom fig •) 
The sexes are alike. 
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