252 MELIPHAGIDJ!:. 



Key to the Species. 



a. ]\Iantle uniform ashy grey australasiana, p. 252. 



h. Feathers of mantle blackish brown, edged 

 with whitish and brownish grey- 

 a'. Feathers of fore neck hairy, black, edged , „^^,^ hollandicB, p. 253. 

 and tipped with white j longirostris, p. 254. 



h'. Feathers of fore neck short, entirely black j ''.ly^Jacalis, p. 255. 



1. Meliornis australasiana. 



L'Hf^orotaire noir et blanc, Vieill. Ois. Do?-, ii. p. 89, pi. 55. 

 Certhia australasiana, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 226. 

 Certhia pyrrhoptera, Lath. Ind. Orn. Sujipl. p. xxxviii (?). 

 Melithreptus melanoleucus, Vieill. Noiiv. Diet. xiv. p. 328 (1817). 

 Meliphaga australasiana, Vig. Sf Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. p. 313 



(1826) ; Goidd, B. Austr. iv. pi. 27 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 157, 



no. 2053. 

 Meliphaga inornata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 152. 

 Lichmera australasiana, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 118 (1850); Gould, 



Ilandb. B. Austr. i. p. 493. 

 Meliornis australasiana, Bp. C. A. i. p. 393 (1850) ; JReichenb. 



Handb. Meropitia, p. 121, pi. 490. figs. 3453-55; id. Vog. Neuholl. 



no. 66 ; Eamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 188. 



Adult male. All the upper parts of the body and the crown ashy 

 grey, with a slight olive tinge ; wing-coverts, remiges, and tail 

 black, the outer webs of the remiges and of most of the tail-feathers 

 golden yellow, the terminal third of the inner web of the two outer 

 tail-feathers white ; prfeocular region and a short stripe through the 

 eye, and a semilunar bar on each side of the chest, dull black, a few 

 feathers on the sides of the occiput brighter ; ear-coverts brownish 

 grey ; chiu, throat, cheeks, and fore neck white, with dark central 

 streaks to the feathers ; rest of underparts dull grey, inclining to 

 whitish down the centre of the breast and abdomen ; under wing- 

 coverts and inner margin of remiges silky grey ; " bill and feet 

 black; iris red " (Gouhl). 



The female has the upper parts uniform olive-brown ; wings and 

 tail externally strongly washed with dull wax-yellow ; underparts 

 dingy brownish grey, paler towards the central lino ; the crescent 

 on the chest dull brown ; sides of head like the upper parts ; tail- 

 feathers without the white tips. 



Ad. cS. Culmen 0-8-0-9 inch, wing 2-9-3-1, tail 2-3-2-5, tarsus 

 0-81. 



5 . Wing 2-7 inches. 



Nab. Tasmania and Southern Australia, as far north as the 

 "Wide-Bay district. 



a, b, c. 5 ad. sk. Tasmania. Ronald Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 



d, e. c? ad. sk. Tasmania. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. 



f,g-6, h. $ ad. sk. Tasmania. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



