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mottled with white and dark brown, the white becoming more 

 prevalent on the abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts ; the feathers 

 of the chest and sides of the neck lanceolate with a white central 

 streak, those of the throat dull blackish brown with triangular 

 subterminal whitish spots ; axillaries uniform whitish ; bill black ; 

 ii'is grey ; feet vinous brown ; ear-coverts and sides of head inclining 

 to silky white. Culmen 1-1-1-2 inch, wing 5-1-5-6, taU 5-5-6-8, 

 tarsus 1 •05-1-2. 



Sexes and young birds are alike in plumage. 



Hah. Tasmania ; and Australia, from the Wide-Bay district to New 

 South Wales and South Australia. 



a. 2 ad. sk. South Australia. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. South Australia. Gould Collection. 



c. Ad. sk. N. S. Wales. Gould Collection. 



(/, e. Ad. sk. Queensland (Coc^fre//). F. D.Godman andO.Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



/, g. Ad. sk. Tasmania. Ronald Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 



/*. Ad. St. Australia. Major-Gen. Hard wicke [P.]. 



4. Acanthochaera lunulata. 



Anthochaera lunulata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 153 ; id. B. Austr iv 



pi. 57 ; Bj\ a A. i. p. 389. 

 Anellobia lunulata. Cab. Mus. Hem. i. p. 120 (1850) ; Gould, B. Austr. 



iv. pi. 57; id. Ilcmdb. B. Austr. i. p. 543; Ramsay, Proc.Linn. Soc. 



N. S. W. ii. p. 190. 

 Melichiera lunulata, Rcichenb. Handb. spec. Orn. p. 132. 



Adult. Differs from A. mellivora in the following points : Tbe 



feathers of the head, hind neck, and mantle are without the white 

 central streaks ; the ear-coverts and sides of the neck are glossy silky 

 white ; inner web of primaries rich rusty brown, inclining to pale 

 chestnut ; " iris light hazel ; bill blackish brown ; feet yellowish 

 grey" (Gould). Culmen 1-25 inch, wing 5-3, tail 6, tarsus 1-1. 



The/V»?jrtZ(', according to Gould, is considerably smaller than the 

 male. 



Bah. Western Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. West Australia. F. D.Godman and 0. Sah-in 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 ^- Ad. St. West Austraha. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



5. Acanthochaera rufigularis. 



Acanthogenys rufigularis, Gould, P. Z. S. 18:i7, p. 153. 

 Meliphaga nifogularis. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 122 (1847). 

 Acanthogenys rufogulaiis, 'Gotdd, B. Austr. iv. pi. 63*; Bp. C A i 



p. 391; Gra)i,IIand-l. B. i. p. 159, no. 2072; Eamsay, p'roc. Limt 



Soc. K. S. IF. ii. p. 190. 

 Acanthogenys rufigularis, Goiild, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 534. 



Adult male. Crown of head, hind neck, mantle, and back dark 



