INSESSOllES. 521 



light yellow ; eyelash light yellow ; gape and corners of the 

 mouth yellow ; bill dull yellow at the base and black at the 

 tip ; feet fleshy brown. 



Total length 6| inches ; bill f ; wing 3 J ; tail 2f ; tarsi f . 



Sp.320. PTILOTIS CHRYSOPS. 



Yellow-faced Honey-eater. 



Sylvia chrysops, Lath. Ind. Oru., Supp. p. liv. 

 Black-cheeked Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Syn.^ Supp. vol. ii. p. 248. 

 Meliphaga chrysops, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 315. 

 Yellow-eared Flycatcher, Whitens Voy., pi. in p. 161 ? 



Ptilotis chrysops, Groiild, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iv. pi. 45. 



The Ftilotis chrysops may be regarded as one of the com- 

 monest species of Honey-eaters inhabiting the colonies of 

 New South Wales and South Australia, its distribution over 

 those countries being almost universal. On reference to my 

 jom-nal I find that it was equally abundant in the gardens of 

 Sydney, in the brushes near the coast, in the district of the 

 Upper Hunter, and on the Liverpool range ; and that in 

 South Australia it was quite as numerous in the mangrove 

 thickets on the coast, as in the interior of the country. It is 

 very animated and sprightly in its actions, and during the 

 months of spring and summer is constantly engaged in sing- 

 ing ; its melodious song being poured forth while the bird is 

 perched on the topmost branches of the trees. 



A nest found near the Liverpool range in October was very 

 neatly constructed, rather small in size, round and open in 

 form, and so thin that I could see through it ; it was sus- 

 pended to the fine twigs of a Casuarina at some height from 

 the ground, while another suspended to the lower branches 

 of a sapling gum was within reach of the hand. They were 

 outwardly composed of the inner bark of trees, moss, &c., 

 lined with fine vegetable fibres and grasses. The eggs, which 

 are two and sometimes three in number, are of a lengthenec^ 



