the Birds of North Queensland. 
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“ Rather scarce; generally in pairs, and always in trees 
near the ground. Iris brown; bill and feet black. Food, 
insects” (Olive). 
51. fCiNNYRis frenata (S. Mull.) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. ix. p. 85 (1884). 
Several males from Bellenden Ker, and a female with the 
nest and two eggs from Mount Sapphiri. 
“Iris brown ; feet and bill black” (Olive). 
The nest is a spindle-shaped structure 420 mm. long, and 
30 mm. wide at its widest part, of which 120 mm. of the 
middle third is occupied by an elliptical chamber lined with 
feathers and the pappus of some composite plant. It is com¬ 
posed of a felted mass of spider-web and skeletonized leaves, 
and is rather thickly covered with irregular strings or masses 
of the excrement of caterpillars (the occurrence of which 
may be purely accidental), and is attached to the long trailing 
runner of a grass overhanging the steep bank of a creek. 
The eggs, two in number, are pointed ovals of a whitish 
ground-colour, very thickly and evenly clouded with fine 
mottling of a greenish-brown tint, so thickly, indeed, at the 
larger end as to obscure the ground-colour of the eggs, which 
measure, A 17x12 mm., B 17 x 12*5 mm. 
52. Myzomela obscura Gould; Gadow, t. c. p. 143. 
“Iris brown; feet brown or greenish slate; bill black. 
Food, honey” [Olive). 
53. tP TIL0TI notatas Gould. 
Ptilotis analoga Gadow, t. c. p. 227 (partim). 
A small series apparently belonging to this species, and 
not to the closely allied P. gracilis. 
“Iris brown; feet slate; bill black; gape yellow” (Olive). 
54. f Ptilotis macleayana Bams. 
Ptilotis flavistriata Gadow, t. c. p. 232. 
Three males of this interesting Honey-eater from Mount 
Sapphiri. Iris &c. as in the preceding species. 
This species is apparently of very limited distribution ; 
it does not, so far as we are aware, occur south of Cardwell, 
