6. MELIOENIS. 253 



t. (J ad. sk. Tasmania. Gould Collection, 



^.[d' Jad.sk. Tasmania. Antarctic Expedition. 



/, in. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Gould Cullection. 



n. Ad. St. New South Wales. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



o, p, q. Ad. sk. New South Wales. F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



2. Meliornis novae hollandiae. 



Certhia novae hollandiae, Lath. Ind. Oni. p. 290, no. 49. 



New Holland Creeper, Jlliite's Jouni. p. 186; Lath. Gen. Hist. 



iv. p. 171 ; Shcnv's Gen. Zool. viii. p. 225. 

 LTIeorotaire tachete, Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 91, pi. .57. 

 Melithreptus novae hollandiae, VieiU. Nouv. Diet. xiv. p. 328 (1817) ; 



id. Enci/cl. Meth. ii. p. 006. 

 Melipliaga novse hollandiae, Vic;. 8^ Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. (1826), 



p. 311 ; Guuld, Ii. Austr. iv. pi. 23 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 158, 



no. 2054. 

 Meliphaga balgonera, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 261. 

 Meliphaga barbata, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 326 (1836). 

 Meliornis novaj hollandia;. Gray, List Gen. B. p. 19 (1841) ; Cab 



Mus. Hein. i.p. 117; Bp. C. .4.1. p. .393; Reichenh. Handb. Meropince, 



p. 124, pi. 491. figs. 3462-63 ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 486; 



Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Sac. N. S. W. ii. p. 188. 



Adult. Crown and sides of head, including the ear-coverts and the 

 chin, black ; the feathers of the nasal region tipped with white ; a 

 stripe along the sides of the occiput and crown, the prolonged feathers 

 behind the ear-coverts, and a large oval spot on the cheeks and 

 another one on the sides of the neck white ; feathers of occiput, hind 

 neck, and mantle blackish brown, edged with whitish and brownish 

 grey ; lower back and upper tail-coverts more uniform greyish 

 brown ; wing-coverts, rcmiges, and tail blackish brown ; the outer 

 webs of the remiges and of the basal half of some of the tail-feathers 

 golden yellow ; most of the tail-feathers tipped with white; feathers 

 of throat and fore neck rather hair-like and long, blackish brown 

 towards the base and white towards the tip ; rest of underparts 

 pure white, with broad longitudinal streaks of blackish brown, espe- 

 cially on the breast ; under wing-coverts and inner margin of quills 

 pale buff or pale fulvous; " bill and feet black; iris white " (Gould). 



The sexes are alike in plumage, but the female is smaller. 



Ad. S . Culmen 0-75-0-85inch, wing 2-9-3-1, tail 2-7-3-2, tarsus 

 0*8-0"85. 



ffab. From the Wide-Bay district to New South Wales, Victoria, 

 South Australia, and Tasmania. 



a Ad. St. Ta.smania. Eonald Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 



b, c. Ad. .'^k. Tasmania. Antarctic Expedition. 



a. (J ad. sk. South Austraha. Sii- George Grey [P 1 



e. (S ad. .St. South Australia. J. Gould'; Esq. (C 1 



/, ff. Ad. sk. South Austraha. Sir D. C. Cooper [P 1 



h. c? ad. sk. South Australia. C. D. Fortnum, Esq f P 1 



I. 6 ad. .sk. Mm-rav River. J. Gould. Esq. [C.f 



k. Ad. sk. New South ^^'ales. J. Gould, Esq [C J 



