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PTILOTIS FLAVESCENS, Gowda.

Yellow-tinted Honey-eater.

Ptilotis flavescens, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part VII. p. 144.

 

Tue only example of this new species that I have seen is from the north coast of Australia, where it was
procured and subsequently presented to me by my friend Benjamin Bynoe, Esq., late of Her Majesty’s Sur-
veying Ship the Beagle. It differs from all the other members of its genus in the uniform yellow colouring
of its plumage, for which reason I have assigned to it the specific appellation of flavescens,—a term indica-
tive of the colouring by which it may be readily distinguished from its congeners.

I regret to say that nothing whatever is at present known of its habits or economy.

Head and all the under surface delicate citron-yellow, the yellow prevailing over the head ; immediately
under the ear-coverts a spot of blackish brown, posterior to which is a spot of bright yellow; the remainder
of the plumage olive-grey.

The figures are of the natural size.

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