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Throat and chest whitish, with bold striations. 



P. ornata (Yellow-plumed Honey-eater). 



545. Face, forehead and throat similar; wing 2.7 inches (wing 3 inches, 



= P. germana). P. flavescens (Yellow-tinted Honey-eater). 

 Face, forehead, and throat not similar ; wing 3.1 inches. 



P. plitmula (Yellow-fronted Honey-eater). 



546. Sides of head with yellow and black marks besides ear-tufts . . 547 

 Sides of head plain except for ear-tufts 



P. fuse a (Fuscous Honey-eater). 



547. Chest not darker than under surface : throat not barred . . 548 

 Chest dark ; throat cross-barred with yellow. 



P. fasciogularis (Fasciated Honey-eater). 



548. Chest and abdomen similar ; bill not more than i inch . . 549 

 Throat whitish ; chest grey ; abdomen buff ; bill i inch. 



P. fdigera (Streak-naped Honey-eater). 



549. With ridge of purplish wattle from gape to ear-tuft. 



P. cratitia (Wattle-cheeked Honey-eater). 

 No wattle from gape to ear-tuft . . . . . . . . 550 



550. Black streak through eye only or above it ; chest feathers with 



dark centres . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 



Two black streaks across side of head, separated by line of yellow. 



P. chrysops (Yellow-faced Honey-eater). 



551. Throat greyish; wing 3.8 inches. P. sonora (Singing Honey-eater). 

 Throat yellowish : wing 2.8 inches. 



P. keartlandi (Keartland Honey-eater). 

 Throat yellow : wing 4 inches ; bill i inch. 



P. versicolor (Varied Hone^'-eater). 



552. Plumage yellow. P. flava (Yellow Honey-eater). 

 Plumage brownish-olive. P. unicolor (White-gaped Honey-eater). 



553. Crown black or brown ; naked space above eye ; back greenish or 



yellowish ; under surface white or smoky. (Bill smaller in 



female.) ]\Ielithreptus. 554 



Characters other than specified . . . . . . . . 564 



554. Light-coloured band, lunar shape, behind head . . . . 555 

 No complete and distinct light band behind head . . . . 562 



555. Wedge-shaped black mark on upper throat . . . . . . 556 



Throat white or black only between base of bill . . . . 560 



556. Under parts mostly dusky (under parts, bill, and lunar mark yellowish 



in youth) . . . . . . . . . . • • 557 



Under parts white. (Crown rufous brown in youth) . . . . 558 



557. Sides and under tail coverts dark, like breast. 



M. validirostris (Strong-billed Honey-eater). 

 Sides and under tail coverts lighter than breast. 



M. gularis (Black-chinned Honey-eater). 



558. Back very yellow, especially rump ; eye-space yellowish . . 559 

 Back olive-green ; eye-space greenish-blue. 



M . carpentariana (Eastern Golden-backed Honey-eater). 



559. Wing 3.25 inches ; crown black. 



M. Icetior (Golden-backed Honey-eater). 

 Wing 2.45 inches; crown vinous. M. vinitinctus (Gay Honey-eater). 



