574 BIRDS OP AUSTRALIA. 



mainder of the upper surface greyish white ; bill black ; irides 

 reddish brown ; feet brown ; bare skin over the eye pearly 

 white, slightly tinged with green. 



Total length 5 J inches ; bill -^5- ; wing 3 ; tail 2| ; tarsi f . 



Mr. G. R. Gray is of opinion that this is the bird charac- 

 terized by Latham as Certhia agilis ; but independently of the 

 difficulty of identifying his description, I may remark that 

 Latham states his bird to be an inhabitant of New South 

 Wales, where I believe the Melithreptm melatiocejjJmlus is 

 never found. 



Genus MYZANTHA, Vigors and Horsfield, 



A very well defined form among the Honey-eaters, all the 

 species of which are confined to Australia. They are noisy, 

 familiar birds, attractive in their manners, though not in their 

 plumage. The sexes are similarly clothed, and the young 

 assume the adult colouring from the nest. 



Sp. 353. MYZANTHA GARRULA, Vig. and Horsf. 



Garrulous Honey-eater. 



Merops garrulus, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp. p. xxiv. 



Chattering Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 164. 



Philemon garrulus, Vieill. 2nd edit, du Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 



torn, xxvii. p. 427. 

 Myzantha garrula, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 319. 

 Gracula melanocephala, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp. p. xxviii. 

 Manorhina melanocephalu^,Wa.g\. Syst. Av., Manor hina, sp. 1. 



garrula, Gray Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 127, Manorhina, sp. 2. 



Cobaygin, Aborigines of New South Wales. 

 Miner, Colonists of Van Diemen's Land. 



Myzantha garrula, G-ould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iv. pi. 76. 



Tasmania, and all parts of the colonies of New South Wales, 

 Victoria, and South Australia, are alike inhabited by this well- 

 known bird. On comparing examples from Tasmania with 



