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4 348*Si)inebill, Spinebill Honey-eater, Humming-Bird (e), 

 4 Cobbler's Awl, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris, E.A., 



S.A., T., Bass St. Is. Stat. c. Banksias, heath 



Crown, line to crescent on side of chest, wings, tail black; 

 chest white, chestnut-brown patch on throat; back 

 brown; abdomen light chestnut-brown; outer tail 

 tipped white; eye scarlet; f., duller. Insects, honey. 

 Monotonous strong call. 

 4 349*Tawny-crowned Honey-eater (Fulvous-fronted), Gli- 

 12 ciphila vielanops (fulvifrons), S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., 



W.A., T., Bass St. Is. Stat. c. sandy, heathy 



Upper ashy-brown; crown tawny, blackish line from bill 

 past eye down side of breast; buff spot behind ear; 

 throat, abdomen white. Insects, honey. Plaintive notes. 

 350* White-fronted Honey-eater, G. alMfrons, N.S.W., V., 

 S.A., W.A., T. (inland). Stat. c. dry scrubs 



Upper grayish-brown; crown, throat black; forehead, be- 

 hind ear white; abdomen white, streaked dark-brown. 

 Insects, honey. "Tink-tink." 

 1 351*Painted Honey-eater, ^n^omopAt^a picta, N.S.W., V., 

 1 S.A. (inland). Stat. v.r. plains 



Upper black; band on wings, side tail yellow; tip tail 

 white; abdomen white, faintly streaked brown; f., 

 smaller. Insects. 

 1 352 Pied Honey-eater, Gerthionyx variegatus, N.S.W., V., 

 1 S.A., C.A., W.A., N.W.A. Stat. v.r. dry scrubs 



Black and white; head, throat, back, wings, tip-tail black; 

 rest white; f., light-brown upper; under whitish, throat 

 butty, streaked dark-brown. Pollen, honey, berries. 

 1 353*R€gent Honey-eater (Warty - faced), Turkey -Bird 

 1 (Mock Regent), Flying Coachman, Meliphaga phry- 



gia, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A. Nom. flocks r. eucalypts 



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