218 MELIPHAtilD.E. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Larat, Timor Laut, Aug. 1882 Brit. Assoc. [P.]. 



(//. O.Forbes), 

 h. 5 ad. sk. Loetoer, Timor Laut, Sept. 1882 Brit. Assoc. [P.]. 



(//. O. Forbes). 



13. Glycyphila nisoria. 



Melipliaga nisoria, MiUJcr, Mus. Liiffd., $ (tesfe Salrad.). 

 Glyciphila uisoria, Scdvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 3-35 (1878), 

 xvi. p. 74: (l6S0j ; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 309. 



This species is based upou a single female specimen in the Leiden 

 Museum, from New Guinea. Upper parts greyish t\iscous, under- 

 parts white ; middle of neck pale fuscous ; remiges externally edged 

 with -white ; hill and feet fuscous {Salvadori). Culmen 0-68 inch, 

 wing 2-G, tail 1"45, tarsus 0"56. 



Hub. New Guinea. 



2. ENTOMOPHILA. 



Type. 

 Certhionyx, Lesson, Trade d'Orn. i. p. 306 (1831) 



(diagnosis incorrect) E. leucomelas. 



Entomopliila, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 354 E. albigularis. 



Melicophila, Gould, B. Austr. ir. pi. 49 (1848) E. leucomelas. 



Lithotentha, Cab. 3Im. Hein. i. p. 116 (1851) E. leucomelas. 



Conopopbila, Reichenb. Ilandb. spec. Orn. i. p. 119 



(1852) E. albigularis. 



Bill shorter than, or equal to, the rest of the head, broad at base. 

 Nostrils not beset with feathers ; operculated. First primary varying 

 in length. Tip of wing formed by third and fourth primaries ; 

 secondaries short (two thirds the length of wing) in E. leucomelas 

 and E. picta, long (five sixths of wing) in the rest. Tail square, 

 shorter than wing. Tarsus anteriorly scutellated. Wings, except in 

 E. leucomelas, edged with -wax-yeUow. Length of wing from 2"5 to 

 3-5 inches. 



llanfje. Four species in Australia. . 



Keij to tJie S^yecies. 



a. Wings edged with wax-yellow ; bill shorter than 



head. 

 a'. First primary extremely short; secondaries 

 about two thirds of whole wing in length. 



(Subgenus Entomophii a.) picta, p. 219. 



b'- First primary about one third the length of the 

 second primary ; secondaries five .sixths of 

 whole wing. (Subgenus Conopophila.j 



a". Throat reddish rufigularis, p. 219. 



b". Throat white albigtdaris, p. 219. 



b. Only colours of plumage black and white ; bill 



equal to rest of head in length ; first primary not 

 so short as in the foregoing. (Subgenus Cer- 

 thionyx.) leudomelas, p. 220. 



