meliphaginj: 209 



Subfamily III. MELIPHAGIN^E. 



I have been unable to arrange the genera referred to this Sub- 

 family, according to the plan of this work, in a Key which would 

 afford assistance to the studout in determining them. Each genus, 

 however, will be found to be properly defined by its diagnosis. 



1. GLYCYPHILA. 



Type. 



Gliciphila, Sivains. Class. B. ii. p. '&2Q (1837) G. fulvifrons. 



Glyciphila, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 1-j (1840). 

 Glvcvpliila, Affassiz, Nomencl. Zool. Ind. Univ. p. 163 



(1846). 

 Stigmatops, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 500 (1865) (sine 



diagnosi !) G. ocularis. 



Glycichjera, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. )». 335 (1878) G. fallax. 

 Glycychaera, Salvad. Orn. Papuas. e Molucche, ii. p. .311 



(1881). 



1-iill a little longer than, or equal to, the rest of the head, broad 

 at base. Nostrils opcrculatcd, not covered by the feathers. First 

 primary comparatively long ; tip of wings formed by the third to 

 fifth primaries ; secondaries three fourths the length of wing; tail 

 square or slightly emarginated, and a little longer than the wings ; 

 inner web of (juills fulvous. Anterior toes short. Tarsus compara- 

 tively long and covered with many transverse scales. 



Head of Gli/cypkila ocularis. 



Range. Australia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, New Guinea, 

 Aru Islands, "Waigiou. 



Ken ^° '^'^ Species, 



a. Feathers behind the eye of normal shape ; inner 

 web of quills edged with fulvous ; breast and ab- 

 domen white (Subgenus Glycyphila.) 



a'. Throat white, forehead fulvous fidvifrons, p. 210. 



b'. Throat blackish, forehead white albifrotis, p. 211. 



c'. Dark-brown cross markings to feathers of under- 

 parts. 



a". Chest ouly cross-barred fasciata, p. 212. 



b". Bars extending over most of underparts. . . . undulafa, p. 212. 

 h. Feathers behind the eye of normal tha]ie ; Hanks 

 very fiutfy ; inmr edge of remiges white ; abdo- 

 men duUyellow. Tail slightly emarginate. (Sub- , ,- . , ,^..^ 



"euus Glycych.5;i{a.) I J',?''^ P" ~ '^' ^, „ 



'^ ^ \ polioceji/iala, T^. 213. 



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