Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean ...

20 COLLECTIONS FROM MELANESIA.late Mr. Forbes to P. clirysotis (P. Z. S. 1878, ji. 124, and <strong>Report</strong>Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger,' ii, p. 88) really belong to P. notata.34, Ptilotis lewinii, Sivains.Jlamjiay, t. e. p. 189 ; Oadow, t. c. p. 229.a h. Port Molle, Queensland, May 1881,35. Ptilotis fasciogularis, Gould.Gould, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 285; Ramsay, t. c. p. 189; Gadotv, t. c.p. 240.a. $. Port Curtis, Queensland, April 1881.36. Ptilotis flava, Gould.Ramsay, t. c. p. 189 ; Gadouj, t. c. p. 246.a. 2 ' Port Denison, Queensland, May 1881.37. Ptilotis unicolor, Gould.Gadow, t. c, p. 249.Stomiopera unicolor, Ramsay, t. c. p. 189.a. S ad. Port Darwin, Nov. 2, 1881.38. Philemon argentiiceps (Gould).Ramsay, t. c. p. 190; Gadow, t. c. p. 272.rt. c?. Port Darwin, Oct. 1881.j.39. Philemon buceroides, Swains.Ramsay, t. c. p. 190 ; Gadotv, t. c. p. 272.a, $. Thursday Island, Torres Straits, July 1881.40. Philemon citreogularis (Gould).Ramsay, t. c. p, 190; Gadow, t. c. p. 277.a. c?. Port Curtis, Queensland, April 1881.b. 2 • Port Darwin, Oct, 1881.It would seem that the yellow throat is strictly peculiar to theyoung, and is accompanied by an absence of the white linear tuftsto the breast-feathers. The latter are often assumed, however,before the yellow on the throat has disappeared.