634 Messrs. H. C. Robinson and W. S. Laverock on 
and reaches its northern limit at Cooktown, where one of us 
(H. C. R.) obtained two specimens in Aug. 1896. 
55. *)* Ptilotis frenata (Ramsay) ; Gadow, t. c. p. 231. 
Three specimens were secured on Mount Bellenden Ker at 
an altitude of over 2000 feet. 
“ Plentiful; occurring either in pairs or flocks, especially 
on trees in bloom, feeding on the nectar. Iris slatish blue; 
feet slate; bill black, the basal portion yellow ; periocular 
skin whitish 99 {Olive). 
56. fGr^YCiPHiLA modesta G. R. Gr. ; Gadow, t. c. p. 215. 
A pair of this sombre-coloured little bird, with their nest 
and eggs, were secured on Nov. 1st. “ Iris, feet, and bill 
reddish brown ” {Olive). 
The nest, which is a slightly elongated purse-shaped 
structure, was found suspended to the terminal twigs of a 
small Eucalyptus on the banks of a creek, about five feet 
above the water. It is almost entirely composed of the 
papery bark of the Ti tree, and is furnished with a flat 
covering or dome woven into the leaves of the Eucalyptus to 
which it is attached. Two fresh eggs were in the nest: they 
are slightly elongated ovals, somewhat pointed atone end, of 
a pearly white w r ith a few scattered spots of a dull blackish 
brown, which form an ill-defined zone at the larger end, the 
spots being very much larger on one egg than the other. 
They measure : A 16 5 x 12 mm., B 17 x 13 mm. A single 
egg obtained on the same date has the markings more evenly 
distributed, and measures 17 x 13 mm. 
57. *j-P HILEM0N buceroides Swainson; Gadow,t. c. p. 272. 
“ Iris brown; feet slatish green; bill black; bare parts 
black 99 {Olive). 
58. fPHlLEMON CITREOGCLARIS (Gould) ; Gadow, t. C. 
p. 277. 
A single specimen from Mount Sapphiri, marked female and 
apparently young, as it has the chin and throat yellow, though 
the peculiar whitish spatulate tips to the breast-feathers, 
usually a sign of maturity, are well developed. ee Iris brown ; 
feet slate ; bill black ; bare parts slate 99 {Olive ). 
