2. MELITHEEPTUS. 207 



The bill of this species is very strong, and much broader than in 

 the other allied forms. 



Youmj birds have the bill and feet and the eyelids and occipital 

 band yellow. 



Bah. Tasmania. 



a, b. c? ad. sk. T.asmauia. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Tasmania. F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 d. Ad. ; e,f. cJ juv. sk. Tasmania. R. Gmm, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Melithreptus brevirostris. 



Melithreptus brevirostris, Vii/. £,- Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. p. 315; 

 Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. IGl, no. 2100 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. W. ii. p. 190. 



Adult. Crown and sides of head pale ashy brown ; a band of 

 dull cream-colour extending from eye to eye round the occiput : 

 mantle, back, and upper tail-coverts pale greyish olive ; wings and 

 tail brown, the former edged with greyish white, the latter with 

 olive-yellow ; all the underparts brownish creamy ; inner margin of 

 remiges white ; chest and chin with a faint grey tinge. Culmen 0*57 

 inch, wing 2-9, tail 2*3, tarsus (I'GS. 



Hah. Australia. 



Obs. The type of M. brevirostris, Vig. & Horsf., is undoubtedly 

 an immature bird of the same species to which the birds described 

 above must belong. Crown of head and car-coverts dull reddish 

 brown ; all the underparts, including the under wing-coverts, duU 

 brownish cream-colour. Culmen <.)-52 inch, wing 2-75, tail 2-1, 

 tarsus 0"63. 



a. [Imm. sk.] New South Wales. Linnean Society [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 6. [c?] ad. sk. New South Wales. J. Gould, Esq. 



a. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Gould Collection. 



5. Melithreptus melanocephalus. 



Meliphaga atricapilla, Jard. S^ Selb. Ill Orn. pi. 134. fig. 1. 



Meliphaga atiinis, Less. I\ei\ Zool. 1839, p. 167. 



Melithreptus melamicephalus, Gould, I>. Z. S. 1845, p. 62; id. B. 



Anstr. pi. 75; id. Ilandh. B. Austr. i. p. 573; Bp. C. A. i. 



p. 395; Gi-ai) , Hand-l. B. i. p. 161, no. 2104; Mamsay, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 190. 



Adult. Head all round jet-black, without an occipital band; hind 

 neck, mantle, back, and upper tail- coverts olive-yellow; wing-coverts, 

 wings, and tail greyish brown, with narrow greyish edges ; a few 

 feathers along the sides of the neck and upper chest black ; all 

 the rest of the underparts, including the under wing-coverts and 

 inner margin of the remiges, white, tinged with grey on the flanks ; 

 "biU black; iris reddish brown; feet brown; bare skin over the 

 eye i)early M'hitc, slightly tinged with green' {Gould). Culmen 

 0-4o-0-o2 inch, wing 3-3-05, tail 2-3-2-5, tarsu 0-7. 



