262 MELIPHACilDiR. 



Subspecies o. Manorhina lutea. 



Myzantha lutoa, Gould, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 144 ; id. B. Austr. iv. pi. 78; 



id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 577 ; Digcjles, Orn. Austr. text ; Reichenh, 



Handb. Meropince, p. 130, pi. 495. figs. 3478-79 ; id. Vog. Neuholl. 



no. 77 ; Ramsay, Proc, Linn. Soc. N. S.IF. ii. p. 191. 

 Mcanorhina lutea, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 127 ; Bj). C. A. i. p. 395 ; 



Grat/, Hand'l. B. i. p. IGl, no. 2096. 



Adult. Closely allied to M. jlavirjula, but sligbtly brighter coloured 

 and larger ; rump, upper tail-coverts, and underparts creamy white ; 

 the feathers of the fore neck and chest edged with grey, each feather 

 with an arrow-shaped mark of brown ; the wax-yellow on the fore- 

 head and on the sides of the neck perhaps a little more developed, 

 Avhilst the mantle and back are more brownish grey or paler than 

 in M.flavvjula. AVing 5-8 inches, tail 5'25. {Gould.) 



Hah. West Australia. 



a, h. Ad. sk. West Australia. J. Gould, Esq. 



10. ACANTHOCH^RA. 



Type. 



Creadion, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 873 {partim) 



(1823) 

 Acanthoclisera, Vig. Sj- Horsf. Tram. Linn. Soc. xv. 



p. 320 (1826) A. mellivora. 



Creadion, Less. Traite d'Orn. i. p. 359 (1837) A. carunculata. 



AuthochBera, Gould et auct. plurim. 



Acanthogeujs, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 146 A. rufigularis. 



Acanthogenys, Grag, List Gen. B. (1840). 



Auellobia, t'ab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 120 (1850) A. mellivora. 



Melichaera, Reichenh. Sandh. spec. Orn. i. p. 152 (1852) A. luuulata. 



Bill of about the same length as rest of head, curved ; culmen 

 ridged. Nostrils longitudinal, operculated. First primary long. 

 Tip of wing formed by primaries 4, 5, 6. Tail of nearly the same 

 length as the wing, and graduated or much rounded. Tarsi scutel- 

 lated in front and comparatively short. Principal colours grey and 

 brown, with white and yellowish ; sometimes with wattles, or with 

 bare cheeks. Length of wing from 54 to 7 inches. 



This genus is intermediate between Ptilotis, Melitograis, and 

 Leptornis. 



Rancje. Australia. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Wattles on sides of gape. Tail strongly gi'aduated, 



longer than wing ; feathers of breast lanceolate. 



(Subgenus Acanthoch^ra.) 



a'. Length of wattles less than 05 inch carunculata, p. 263. 



b'. Length of wattles more than 1 inch inauris, p. 263. 



b. No wattles. Tail equal to, or shorter than, wiug. 

 c'. Tail strongly graduated. (Subgenus Anel- 



LOBIA.) 



a". Feathers of man tie with white central streaks mellivora, p. 264. 



