iQ Campbell, Dichotonwiis Key. 



560. Skin round eye scarlet . . . . . . . . . . 561 



Skin round eye greenish ; length 5.3 inches ; wing 3.1 inches. 



M. chloropsis (Western White-naped Honey-eater). 



561. Length 5 inches ; wing 2.7 inches : throat all white. 



M. albigiilai'is (White-throated Honey-eater). 

 Length 5.3 inches ; wing 2.9 inches ; throat black in base of bill. 



M. liinnlatus (White-naped Honey-eater). 



562. Crown brown ; light mark behind eye and faintly behind head ; eye- 



space yellowish ; under parts creamy • . . . . . 563 



Head quite black ; under parts white. (Crown brown, under surface 

 yellowish in youth.) 



M. inelanocephahts (Black-headed Honey-eater). 



563. Cheeks and sides of throat creamy : under surface darkest on 



breast ; bill .52 inch. 



M. hrevirostris (Brown-headed Honey-eater). 

 Cheeks and sides of throat pure white ; under surface darkest on 

 abdomen ; bill .4 inch. 



M. leucogenys (Western Brown-headed Honey-eater). 



564. Plumage almost uniform green or yellowish, with ring of white 



feathers round eye ; length about 4.5 inches. 



ZosTEROPS. White-eyes. 565 

 Plumage different ; no white ring round eye . . . . . . 570 



565. Back olive-brown or greyish . . . . . . . . 566 



Back greenish like rest of upper surface . . . . . . 567 



566. Crown olive-green ; tail olive. Z. cocriilescens (White-eye). 

 Crown greenish-yellow ; tail brown, margined with yellow. 



Z. yamsayi (Yellow-vented White-eye). 



567. Lmder surface greyish . . . . . . . . . . 568 



Under surface yellow . . . . . . . . . . 569 



568. Sides of body ashy-grey, like breast. 



Z. alhiventer (Pale-bellied White-eye). 

 Sides of body rufous ; breast ashy-grey. 



Z. goiildi (Green-backed White-eye). 



569. Colour above grass-green ; bill .5 inch. Z. liitea (Yellow White-eye). 

 Colour above olive-yellow ; bill .6 inch. 



Z. gulliveri (Gulliver White-eye). 



570. Bill much longer than head, very slender, black, and much curved 571 

 Bill equal to or shorter than head . . . . . . . . 578 



571. Length 4.7 inches ; abdomen yellow ; bill much longer than shank ; 



throat shining blue-black (male) or yellow (female). 



Cinnyris frenata (Sun-Bird). 

 Abdomen not yellow . . . . . . . . . . 572 



572. Plumage olive-brown, or head red. Myzomela (2). 573 

 Plumage black and white, brown and white, or with rufous collar 575 



573. Length 5 inches ; plumage olive-brown ; crown tinged with red. 



M. obsciira (Dusky Honey-eater). 

 Length about 4 inches ; head red (male) or plumage brown (female) 574 



574. Head and line along back red (male), bill and legs black (female). 



M. sangimieolenta (Sanguineous Honey-eater). 

 Head only red (male) ; bill and legs olive (female). 



M. erythroccphala (Red-headed Honey-eater). 



