the Birds of North Queensland. 635 
59. ^Philemon argenticeps (Gould); Gadow, t. c. 
p. 270. 
“ Found in flocks; are very noisy and pugnacious birds, 
generally frequenting trees in flower and feeding on the 
insects attracted thereby. Iris red; feet and bill black ; 
bare parts slaty black ” [Olive). 
60. t^ENTOMYZA CYANOTIS HARTERTl, Subsp. nOV. 
Specimens from Cooktown obtained in June and July 
present such differences from the typical form, that we think 
they may be regarded as representing a distinct race. The 
buff edgings to the inner webs of the primaries are somewhat 
paler and more extensive (reaching to the shaft) than is the 
case with a series of eight specimens from N. S. Wales and 
Southern Queensland, with which we have compared them. 
The primaries, with the exception of the two outer ones, 
have their outer webs narrowly edged with greenish sulphur- 
yellow, a feature we have not noticed in Southern specimens, 
but which would probably show only in freshly-moulted 
birds. The median band of black feathers on the crown is 
also much narrower. The most marked point of difference, 
however, is the very much smaller 
size, as 
the follow 
table shows :— 
Wing. 
Tail. 
mm. 
mm. 
Cooktown ( Olive coll.) (three females). . 
135-139 
108-112 
New South Wales and Moreton Bay 
(eight specimens) (Liverp. Mus.) .... 
150-161 
135-156 
“ Iris white; feet slate; bill black ; skin above the eye 
indigo, below pale blue v ( Olive ). 
E. albipennis Gould, from Port Essington, whence we have 
a typical specimen in the Liverpool Museum, is a very distinct 
species, readily recognizable by the white coloration of the 
inner webs of the primaries extending quite to the shaft, which 
coloration is visible on the external aspect of the wing, and by 
having the proximal half of the outer webs of the primaries 
pale yellowish green, sharply defined from the blackish 
terminal portion. In life the coloration of the naked ocular 
region would probably be different, as in the skin of E. albi¬ 
pennis before us it is dull greyish, not black as in E. cyanatis. 
