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point: and indeed the general character of the group accords 
exactly with that of the Meliphagide in general. 
1. Garruta. Myz. grisea, fronte corporeque subtus albidis, 
nuchá pectoreque leviter albo et cinereo fasciatis, pileo genis- 
que nigris, strigd longitudinali alarum flavá, remigibus rec- 
tricibusque nigro-fuscis apicibus albis. 
Merops garrulus. Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. xxxiv. no. 9. 
Chattering Honey-Eater. Id. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 164. no. 9. 
“ The native name of this bird,” observes Mr. Caley, “ is 
Cobay'gin ;—it is a very common bird, and may be seen at all 
times of the year. Its note is loud, and like a kind of laugh. 
I once killed six of these birds at a shot, when on the wing 
hovering over a part of a tree en some substance had 
exuded; but they are not gregarious.” 
2. Fravi ROSTRIS. Myz. olivaceo-viridis, subtus flavescens ; ma- 
-culá utrinque anteoculari flavá; fronte, plumulis capistralibus, 
teniüque rictali saturate brunneis; tectricibus alarum griseis. 
Remiges fuscæ, exteriores pallido-griseo, interiores flavo-viridi 
“externè marginatæ; subtus cinereo-fuscæ. Tectrices infe- 
riores cinereo-fuscæ, ad humeros flavescentes. Rectrices 
supernè olivaceo-virides, subtus flavescentes. Rostrum pe- 
desque flavi. Longitudo corporis, 81; ale a carpo ad remi- 
gem quartam, 317; caude, 353, ; rostri ad frontem, H, ad 
rictum, 44; farsi, 1. | 
Mr. Caley thus observes on this bird.—** Dell-bird or Bell- 
bird. So called by the colonists. It is an inhabitant of brushes, 
. where its disagreeable noise (disagreeable at least to me) may be 
continually heard ; but no where more so than on going up the 
harbour to Paramatta, when a little above the Flats." 
Genus. 
