PTILOTIS FLAYESCENS , Gould.
Yellow-tinted Honey-eater.
Ptilotis Jlavescens, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part VII. p. 144.
T h e 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 Surveying
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 Jlavescens, a term indicative
of thé 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 o f bright yellow ; the remainder
of the plumage olive-grey.
The figures are of the natural size.
