40 



319. in. fas<*iata. Gld., White-breasted Honey-eater. 



Feathers ln-hind eye of normal shape ; inner web of quills edged 

 with fulvous ; breast and abdomen White ; dark brown cross mark- 

 ings to feathers of chest. 

 Bab. : 1, 2, 3. 



320. <■. ocularis. <'M. (Stigmatops ocularis and subocularis), Brown 



Hnlit-V tilUT. 



Sub-gen. Stigmatops. — Feathers behind eye peculiarly shaped, 

 being short, blackish at base, silky white or yellow at terminal half, 

 _-i\iiiu r poet-ocular region a spotted appearance. 



Wings not edged with White ; ear coverts brown, upper parts 

 uniform olive-brown ; post-ocular feathers glossy yellow ; under 

 parts dingy brownish white or grey. 



(AA.A.S. Vernacular List L'omin. says these are not the same.) 



Subocularis— Least Honey-eater : Total length, 4*75 in. ; culmen, 

 to 07 in. ; wing, 2*3 to 2o in. ; tail, 2 in. ; tarsus, 0*61.) 

 tt . (ocularis, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9. 

 MaD - : \ subocularis, 1, 2, 8. 



321. ii. Iliodcsta, Gray, Brown-backed Honey eater. 



For characters of Stigmatops see last species. 



Wings not edged with white ; ear coverts brown ; upper parts 

 uniform olive-brown ; a white subocular spot ; under parts white, 

 faintly barred with brownish. 

 Hab. : 2. 



322. G. albiaiiririllaris, Ramsay, Broadbent Honey-eater. 



For characters of Stigmatops see G. ocularis. 



Wings not edged with white; ear coverts and subocular region 

 with silvery-white spots. 

 Hab : 2. 



Gun s— ENTOMOPHILA.— Bill not longer than rest of head, broad at 

 base : nostrils not beset with feathers, operculated ; tip of wing 

 formed by third and fourth primaries ; tail square : tarsus anteriorly 

 soutellated. 



323. E. alhi^lllaris, Gld., Rufous-breasted Honey-eater (White- 



throated Honey-eater). 



Sub gen. I '< pophila. 



Wings edged with wax-yellow; chest reddish-buff; first primary 

 about one-third length of second; secondaries five-sixths of whole 

 wing ; throat w bite. 

 Bab. : 1, 2, 8. 



324 E. pirta, Gld., Painted Honey-eater. 



upper surface black ; under surface white j flanks spotted j « 

 edged with wax-yellow | bill shorter than bead; first primary 

 ■ mely short, second about two-thirds length of \\inu f - 



Hal.. : 6, 7. 



126. Et rnfimilaris. Old., Red-throated Honey -eater. 

 Suli gen. I Sonopophila. 



Wings edged with wax-yellow ; bill shorter than head; first 

 primary about one- third of wing ; secondaries five-sixths "t whole 

 win:: ; throat reddish ; general plumage brownish. 

 Hab. : l. 2, 8. 



E. tencomeUUL Cuvier, Pied Hone] eatei 

 Sub •_-• ii. ( tarthionj k. 

 Only colours black and white j first primary not so short as in 



■ 0, 7, 8, 'J. 



