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Genus— MELIPHAGA.— Bright yellow and black. 



327. M. phrygia. Lath. (Zanthomyza phrygia, Swainson), Warty-faced 



Honey-eater. 



Bright yellow and black, much spotted and barred ; head and 

 neck black, except ocular region and cheeks, which are bare and 

 warty. 



Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. 



Genus — PTILOTIS. — Bill equal to or rather longer than rest of head ; tip 

 of wing formed by primaries 3, 4, 5, and 6 ; secondaries between 

 four-fifths and five-sixths length of wing ; tail square or slightly 

 rounded. Pattern of colour very plain, mostly olive above, dingy 

 yellow below ; inner web of remiges invariably broadly margined with 

 fulvous ; parotid feathers often stiff and most frequently coloured 

 yellow or white ; ear coverts always different colour from rest of 

 head ; no other colours than olive, yellow, white, and brown in 

 plumage. 



328. P. flisca, Gld., Fuscous Honey-eater. 



Yellow colour confined to post-auricular feathers ; upper parts 

 olive ; ear coverts dusky olive-grey ; under parts dull yellowish-grey. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. 



329. P. lewilli, Swainson, Yellow-eared Honey-eater. 



Yellow colour confined to post-auricular feathers ; upper parts 

 olive ; ear coverts silky leaden-grey ; under parts ashy-olive. 

 Culmen, 8 in. ; wing, 3 6 in. ; tail, 3*4 in. ; tarsus, 0.8 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



330. P. aiialoga, Gld. (P. notata), Yellow-spotted Honey-eater. 



Doubtful species. This is said to be the northern variety of P. 

 lewini, because of its slightly smaller size. 

 Ibis, 189S, p. 57. 

 Hab. : 1, 2. 



331. P. gracilis, Gld., Lesser Yellow-spotted Honey-eater. 



Much smaller than P. analoga, with proportionately longer bill ; 

 otherwise the same. 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 57. 

 Hab.: 2. 



332. P. freiiata. Ramsay, Bridled Honey-eater. 



Yellow feathers on sides of head forming conspicuous patch ; 

 ocular or auricular region bare. 

 Hab. : 2. 



333. P. flavistriata, Gld., Yellow- streaked Honey-eater (Varied Honey- 



eater). Ramsay's Tab. List of Birds, p. 13, P. versicolor. 



Yellow feathers on side of head form a conspicuous patch ; ocular 

 or auricular region bare ; feathers on upper and hinder margin of 

 ear golden yellow ; ears bare, with a short wattle ; mantle spotted ; 

 breast striated. 

 Hab : 1. 



334. P. sonora, Gld. (P. vittata, Cuvier), Singing Honey-eater. 



With small white post-auricular patch ; ear coverts yellow ; black 

 streak through eye ; under parts with dull streaks ; crown and 

 mantle earthy-brown ; upper half of ear coverts dark grey ; under 

 parts of body dingy yellow, with dull whitish streaks. 

 Hab. : 1,2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. 



335. P. maclcayaiia, Ramsay, Macleay Honey-eater. 



Similar to P. flavistriata. 



No small white post-auricular patch ; no black and yellow markings 

 on the side of head. 

 Hab. : 2. 



