254 MELIPHAGID.K. 



/. cJ ad. sk. Queensland. F. Nicholson, Esq. [P.]. 



tn, n, 0. Ad. Queensland (Cockerelf). F. D. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



8k. Esqrs. [P.]. 



Subspecies a. Meliornis longirostris. 



Meliphaga longirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 83 ; id. B. Austr. iv. 



pi. 24; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 158, no. 2055. 

 Meliornis longirostris, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 117 (1850) ; Bp. C. A. 



i. p. 393 ; Beichenb. Voq. Keuholl. no. 347 ; id. Handb. Meropirtee, 



p. 123, pi. 491. figs. 3460-61 ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 488 ; 



Ramsay, P)-oc. Linn. Sac. N. S. TV. ii. p. 188. 



Adult. Very similar to M. novce hollandice, but the feathers of the 

 ■white cheeks are a little longer and more hair-like ; they consequently 

 do not form a well-defined oval patch as in the other species. The 

 bill as a rule is a little stronger and longer. Intermediate forms 

 frequently occur in Southern Australia. Culmen 0'8-0'9 inch, wing 

 2-8-3-1, tail 2-9-3-2, tarsus 0-85. 



Hub. Western Australia. 



a. (S ad. St. West Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



b, c. Ad. sk. West Australia. F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 d. S ad. sk. West Australia. Gould Collection. 



e,f. [2]ad. sk. King George's Sound, Sir George Grey [P.]. 



April 1841 {Gould). 

 g. S ad. sk. Swan Piiver. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Meliornis sericea. 



New Holland Creeper, female, White's Journ. pi. to p. 297. 



L'Heorotaire noir, Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 106, pi. 71. 



Meliphaga sericea, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 144; id. B. Atistr. iv. 



pi. 25 ; Gray, Uand-l. B. i. p. 158, no. 2056. 

 Meliphaga sericeola, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 152 (female). 

 Meliornis sericea. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 117 (1850) ; Bp. C. A. i, 



p. 393 ; Reichenb. Voy. NeuJioH. no. 565 ; id. Handb. Meropinee, 



p. 123, pi. 490. figs. 3458-59 ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 490 ; 



Mamsay, P-oc. Linn. Sac. N. S. W. ii. p. 188. 



This species is remarkable for the great development of the fea- 

 thers of the cheeks ; they form a broad fan-like shield of pure white 

 on each side of the throat. The chin and throat are dull black ; 

 the white superciliary line begins on the sides of the occiput 

 and extends to the white tipped feathers of the fore neck ; tail with 

 narrow pale tips. In all other details this species resembles Al. novce 

 hollandice. " Bill and feet black ; iris dark brown " (Gould). Cul- 

 men 0"9-l inch, wing 3-3'2, tail 2-8-3, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. From Queensland to New South Wales and Victoria ; 

 ? West Australia. 



a. c? ad. St. New South Wales. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



b, c, d, e. [ c? 2 ] ^ew South Wales. Gould Collection, 

 ad. sk. 



