144 MELIPflAGlD^. 



p. 190 ; id. Cat. B. New Guin. p. 24 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 434 ; 

 Eosenb. JS'at. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 236 ; id. J. f. O. 1864, 

 p. 122; Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 164; (?r«y, Hand-l. B. i. p. 157, 

 no. 2042 ; Rosenh. Malaxj. Arcldp. p. 553. 

 Meliphaga coucolor, Temm. Mus. Lvgd. {teste Salvad.). 



Adult male. All the upper parts uniformly grcj'ish brovra ; under- 

 parts inclining to fulvous or reddish brown ; outer webs of remiges 

 with verj- narrow whitish edges, giving the wing, when folded, a 

 whitish appearance ; under wing-coverts and tail-coverts and inner 

 margin of quills pale fulvous. 



The sexes are alike in plumage ; some specimens have the fore- 

 head and upper throat very faintly, or just perceptibly, washed with 

 vinous or dull carmine. 



Culmen 0-7-0-S5 inch, wing 2-4-2-S, tail 2-2-3, tarsus 0-6-0-7. 



Hah. North Australia and opposite parts of New Guinea. 



a. S ad. st. North Australia. Purchased. 



b, c. S ad. sk. North Australia. Gould Collectiou. 

 d. [ § ] ad. sk. Nortli Australia. Purchased. 



e,f. A.d. sk. Port Darwin. Gould Collection. 



(/."[(5'] ad. sk. Port Essiugton. Dr. tjibbald [P.]. 



h, i- S\k. 2- ad. sk. Cape York. F. D. Godmau aud 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 /. c? ad.sk. Cape York. Voy. H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



m. S ad. sk. Blund's Bay, N.W. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



Australia. 

 n,o. (S;P- 2ad.sk. Thursday Island, Torres Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert.' 



Straits (i)r. Coppinffer). 

 g-. [ c? ] ad. sk. East Cape, S.E. New Mr. Hunstein [C.]. 



Guinea. 



2. ACANTHORHYNCHUS. 



Type. 



Acanthorhynchus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 24 A. tenuirostris. 



Leptoglossus, Swainson, Classif. of Birds, ii. p. 327 

 (1837). 



BiU very long, slender, and curved. Tail square, equal to wings in 

 length. Pattern of colour totally different from that of M)jzomela, 

 to which genus it otherwise is closely related. Length of wing 2-4- 

 2*8 inches. 



Bill of Acanthorhynchus superciliosus. " 

 Range. Australia. 



1. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris. 



Certhia tenuirostris, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxxvi. 



Le Cap noir, Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 94, pi. 60. 



Slender-billed Honey-eater, Lath. Gen, Hist. iv. p. 194, pi. 62. 



