■5.3 Campbell, Dichotomous Key. 



529. Regions of eye and ear bare of feathers . . . . . . 530 



Regions of eye and ear not bare . . . . . . . . 531 



530. Breast uniform. P. frenata (Bridled Honey-eater). 

 Breast striated. P. macleayana (Yellow-streaked Honey-eater). 



531. Distinct yellow or white ear-patches or tufts . . . . . . 532 



No pronounced coloured ear-tufts . . . . . . . . 552 



532. Ear-tuft or coverts pure white . . . . . . . . 533 



Ear-tuft or coverts yellow with white spot behind or yellow only . . 536 



533. Throat black ; large ear-patch (female has greyer crown) ; wing 



3.3 to 3.9 inches. (Ear-patch flushed with yellow in young.) 

 P. leucotis (White-eared Hone^^-eater). 

 \P. novce-norcice (Western White-eared Honey-eater) has hind-neck 



and back greyish-olive ; narrow ear-stripes ; secondaries 



brown ; wing 3.5 inches.] 

 Throat not black ; tuft only of ear feathers . . . . . . 534 



534. General colour yellow ; face and forehead yellow . . . . 535 

 General colour greyish-green ; face yellowish-green. 



P. penicillata (White-plumed Honey-eater). 



535. Black line along ear-tuft : throat yellow ; chest striated faintly. 



P. carteri (Carter Honey-eater). 



No black line along ear-tuft : throat not yellow ; chest not striated. 



P. leilavalensis (Lesser White-plumed Honey-eater). 



536. Mantle olive ; crown nearly black or yellow . . . . . . 537 



Mantle and crown almost similar tone . . . . . . 539 



537. Crown yellow ; face black ; sides of throat yellow, centre blackish 538 

 Crown nearly black ; throat all yellow. (Crown, cheeks, and throat 



dark in male.) P. flavigularis (Yellow-throated Honey-eater). 



538. Mantle olive, with helmet of stubbly feathers ; wing 4 inches. 



P. cassidix (Helmeted Honey-eater). 

 Mantle blackish-olive ; no helmet ; wing 3.4 inches. 



P. auricomis (Yellow- tufted Honey-eater). 



539. Mantle dark olive-green : under surface olive or dark grey ; ear- 



patch light yellow . . . . . . . . . . 540 



Mantle brownish or light greenish or yellowish ; ear coverts bright 



yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 



540. Under surface greyish ; behind eye dusky ; wing less than 3.5 inches 541 

 Under surface olive ; behind eye silky leaden ; wing 3.6 to 3.9 inches. 



P. lewini (Yellow-eared Honey-eater). 



541. Wing 3.1 to 3.5 inches; space before and behind eye similar, black. 



P. analoga (Yellow-spotted Honey-eater). 

 Wing 2.5 inches ; space in front of eye black and behind olive. 



P. gracilis (Little Yellow-spotted Honey-eater). 



542. Feathers of fore-neck white and hairy or lanceolate ; crown dark 



brown ; under parts whitish and striated. 



P. cocker elli (Cockerell Honey-eater). 

 Feathers of fore-neck not hairy or lanceolate . . . . . . 543 



543. Crown and edges of wings yellowish-olive ; chest boldly or faintly 



striated . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 



Crown and edges of wings not similar ; chest sometimes mottled . . 546 



544. Throat and chest yellowish ; tuft of black above ear coverts . . 545 



