786 
MELITHREPTIDJS. 
Xanthotis ixoides finschi (E. & H.). 
Ptilolis finschi Rothschild & Hartert, Nov. Zool. vol. x. p. 448, 1903: 
British New Guinea. 
Distr .— New Guinea (British). 
Xanthotis polygrramma (Gray). (9-233.) 
Grey-tliroated Honey-eater. 
Ptilotis polygramma Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Bond. 1861, p. 429: 
Waigou Island. (Fig. Cat. Birds, ix. pl. 6.) 
Xanthotis polygramma poikihsternos Meyer, Sitzungsb. K. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 
vol. lxx. p. 112, 1874. 
Distr .—New Guinea (Waigou, Mysol, and Salwatty). 
Genus PTILOPRORA De Vis. 
Ptiloprora De Vis, Ann. Rep. Brit. New Guinea, 1893-94, App. E. E. 
p. 103, 1894. Type (by monotypy): Ptilotis guisei De Vis. 
Ptiloprora erythropleura (Salvad.). (9-249.) 
Striped-breasted Honey-eater. 
Ptilolis erythropleura Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. vii. p. 949, 
1875 (1876): Arfak Mts., N.W. New Guinea. (Fig. Ibis, SuppL 
1915, pi. 3. fig. 1.) 
Distr. —New Guinea (Arfak). 
Ptiloprora guisei (De Vis). Buff-sided Honey-eater. 
Distr. —New Guinea. 
Ptiloprora guisei guisei (De Vis). 
Ptilotis ? guisei De Vis, Ann. Rep. Brit. New Guinea, 1893-94, 
App. E. E. p. 103, 1894 : Mt. Manaeao, South-East New Guinea. 
Ptilotis praecipua Hartert, Nov. Zool. vol. iv. p. 370, 1897 (between Mts. 
Musgrave and Soratchley). 
Ptilotis perstriata De Vis, Ann. Rep. Brit. New Guinea, 1896-97, p. 86, 1898: 
Wharton Range, S.E. New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea (S.E.). 
Ptiloprora guisei lorentzii (Van Oort). 
Ptilolis erythropleura lorentzii Van Oort, Nova Guinea Zool. vol. ix. 
livr. 1, p. 95, 1909 : Iiellwig Mts., S.W. New Guinea. (Fig. Ibis, 
Suppl. 1915, pi. 3. fig. 2.) 
Ptilotis prcscipua nigritergum Rothschild & Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 
vol. xxix. p. 35, 1911 : Mt. Goliath, Dutch New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea (S.W.). 
