PLECTORIIYNCHA. 
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PTILOTIS NOTATA, Gould, 
Yellow-spotted Honey-eater. 
Gould, Suppl. Bds. Aust., PI. 41. 
“ The eggs of tliis species are very similar to those of the other 
members of the genus, being of a pinkish-white ground colour, 
with rich dark spots on the thicker end, some confluent, forming 
blotches larger than usual. They come nearest to those of Ptilotis 
auricomis, and measure (A) 0 - 9 x 0'65 inch ; (B) 0 - 91 x 0'64 inch. 
Taken by Mr. Boyer-Bower near Cairns, Northern Queensland. 
(Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., 2nd Series, Yol. i., p. 1150.) 
Hal. From Port Denison northward to New Guinea. (Ramsay .) 
Genus PLECTORHYNCHA, Gould. 
PLECTORIIYNCHA LANCEOLATA, Gould. 
Lanceolate Honey-eater. 
Gould, llandllc. Bds. Aust, Vol. i., sp., 323, p. 525. 
This bird is widely distributed throughout the interior of New 
South Wales, and is also found on the borders of the Mallee 
country of Victoria and South Australia. A beautiful nest of 
this species, taken in the Wimmera District, Victoria, by Mr. 
James Hill, together with the eggs in September 1881, is a deep 
cup-shaped structure, being nearly as wide at the bottom as 
at the top; it is composed of fibrous roots and grasses, which are 
completely hidden with an almost snow-white covering of sheep’s 
wool; the bottom of the nest inside being neatly lined with 
very fine grasses and a small quantity of horsehair. It measures 
internally three inches in diameter, by four inches in depth, and 
was attached by the rim to the thin pendant branches of a 
Casuarina, hanging within a few feet of the ground. Mr. K. 
H. Bennett also found this bird breeding plentifully in the 
neighbourhood of Ivanlioe and Mossgiel, in the interior of New 
South Wales. Eggs three or four in number for a sitting, usually 
three, elongated in form. 
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