540 BIRDS or AUSTRALIA. 



Crown of the head, a line running from the base of the bill 

 beneath the eye, and the ear-coverts blackish brown ; space 

 under the eye silvery white, bounded behind by an oblong 

 naked flesh-coloured spot, below which is a short pendulous 

 wattle of a pinky blood-red colour ; back of the neck and all 

 the upper surface greyish brown, each feather having a stripe 

 of white down the centre ; upper tail-coverts greyish brown, 

 broadly margined with grey ; primaries and secondaries deep 

 blackish brown, the former slightly, and the latter broadly 

 edged with grey ; all the primaries tipped with white ; two 

 middle tail-feathers greyish brown, the remainder deep 

 blackish brown, the whole largely tipped with white; 

 throat, breast, and flanks grey, the centre of each feather 

 being lighter ; middle of the abdomen yellow ; irides bright 

 hazel-red; legs brownish flesh-colour; inside of the mouth 

 yellow. 



Genus ANELLOBIA, Cabanis. 



Besides the two species of this form known to inhabit 

 Australia, others, I believe, exist in the islands adjacent to 

 and in New Guinea. These birds are nearly allied to the 

 Antlioch(Br(B, but differ in their plumage and in the absence 

 of auricular appendages. They frequent low swampy places, 

 and are particularly fond of the Leptospermum or tea-tree, in 

 the midst of which they often secrete themselves. They are 

 alike in plumage ; and the egg, or eggs to the number of 

 two or three are deposited in a round, cup-shaped nest. 



It will be seen by the synonyms of A. mellivora that both 

 Cabanis and Reichenbach have proposed generic names for 

 this form ; that of the former author, having the priority of a 

 year, is necessarily the one adopted. 



