390 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. HonsrrEnp's Description of the 
Genus. ANTHOCHÆRA*, 
Rostrum elongatum, subattenuatum, subarcuatum ; culmine ad 
basin subcarinato; mandibuld superiori vix emarginata ; 
naribus longitudinalibus, linearibus, membrana suprà tec- 
tis, ad medium rostrum extendentibus ibique apertioribus. 
Lingua ad apicem in setas plurimas divisa. 
Ale mediocres, rotundatæ ; remige prima brevi secunda tertia 
parte longiori, tertià gradatim longiori, quartá quinta et 
sextá æqualibus longissimis; tertiæ ad septimam inclusam 
pogoniis externis in medio gradatim latioribus. 
Cauda elongata, rotundata, vix gradata. 
Pedes fortes, longitudine mediocres ; acrotarsiis scutellatis, para- 
tarsiis integris. 
The strong, but at the same time lengthened and attenuated 
bill of this group, added to the size and powerful conformation 
of the species, distinguish it from the true Meliphaga. The 
lengthened and subgraduated tail also serves as a strong mark 
of distinction. ‘The chief external characters of the group asso- 
- ciate it with the Meliphagide, although upon a decidedly enlarged 
scale; and the tongue of one of the species, now before us, 
exhibits the filamentous formation peculiar to the Australian 
Honey-Eaters. The genus is closely allied to the last; the same -. 
general character pervades them: but the bill of the present 
genus is longer and slenderer, and the tail lengthened and some- 
what graduated instead of being even, as in Myzantha. There 
is a general similarity of colours throughout the group, which 
has led, as we suspect, to several species being confounded 
together under one denomination. 
M. Vieillot has referred this bird to a new genus of his, which 
he names Creadion, and which he divides into two sections; one 
* Avios flos, and yaipw gaudeo. 
represented 
