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Entomyza cyanotis. 



HLUE-FACED HuNEY-EATER. 

 riracnla cyanotic, Lalh. Ii.d. Orn., p. xxix (1801). 



E,„o.ny.a cyanotis, Gould, Bds, Austr,, fol., Vol. IV., pi. 68 (18-18); id., Handbk. Bds. Austr., Vol. 

 't p .-.go (1865); Gadow, Cat. Bds, Brit. Mus., Vol. IX., p. 268 (1884). 

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flesh 12 inches, winy SS, l,ul ■'>■■!, hill I, t,ir>i,is V .'■'.. 

 Adult female -N'')»'V-fr in j,linii„,f f" th,- iii.'h . 

 Diaributi,m-Queens]Rnd. New South Wales, X'ictoria. South Australia. 



ATHAM described this species in 

 his "Inde.x Ornithologicus " as 

 Gratiila cvLini-itis, a name founded on the 

 "Blue-eared Grakle" of his "General 

 Synopsis of Birds," from a specimen 

 obtained at Botany Bay, New South 

 Wales. This is an instance of a species 

 at one time found near Sydney, bemg 

 driven away from its former haunts, for 

 — with the exception of a single specimen 

 in the .Vustralian Museum collection 

 procured by Mr. George Masters at Rope's 

 Creek, in July, i86g, 1 know of no other 

 being obtained in the County of Cumber- 

 land since the early days of settlement. 

 It is more abundantly distributed in the 

 open forest lands of the inland portions of 

 Eastern and South-eastern Australia, than 

 near the coast, although it occurs n, the nch coastal brushes of Northern New South XX'ales 

 and Eastern Queensland. In a southerly direction its range extends into Northern ^ >ctor.a and 

 the adjacent portion of South Australia, but it is rare in the latter State. 



-Vlthou.^h widely distributed over New South Wales, it is not found m the extreme western 

 arid portion?and its presence is a certain indication of permanent water being near at hand Gou d 

 refers to the graceful actions of this species, when clinging to the sprays of flowenng Eucalypt:, 

 in search of food. I have seen it in many parts of the State, but nowhere, more common than 

 in the trees bordering the banks of the Meh. and Gwydir Rivers in North-western New South 

 Wales In these localities Mr. J. A. Thorpe and myself were successful in obtaining a hne 



BLUEFACKI) HONEY EATER. 



