AN AtTSTRALlAN BIRD BOOK. 



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Upper dusky black; black bar each side of breast; under 



white; flanks dusky; wings, tail marked golden-yellow; 



side-tail spotted white; f., dusky-brown, faint yellow 



on wings and tail. Loud varied calls, "Egypt." 



365*White-bearded Honey-eater (New Holland), Yellow 



Wings, M. novae-hollandiae, S.Q., N.S.W., V., SA., T. 



Stat. v.c. scrubhy^ Banksias 7.2 



Blackish-brown, marked white; much yellow on wings; 



tail black, margined yellow, tipped white; line side of 



nape, cheeks, behind ear white; f., sim. Insects, honey. 



366*White-cheeked Honey-eater, ilf. nigra (sericca), S.Q., 



N.S.W., v., W.A. Stat. r. scrub, undergrowth 7 



Like 365, but forehead white; large tuft of white plumes 

 on side of head; tail not tipped white; f., smaller. In- 

 sects, honey. Clear double whistling note. 

 1 36 7* Bell-Miner, Bell-Bird, Manorma melanophrys, E.A. 

 1 f., sim. Insects. Bell note, "Tink." Stat. r. dense gullies 7 



Olive-green; bright yellow patch between eye and bill; 

 small red patch behind eye; forehead, about eye black. 

 4 368*Noisy Miner, Garrulous Honeyeater, Snake-Bird, Cherry- 

 4 eater. Soldier, Micky, Squeaker, Myzantha garrula, 



E.A., S.A., T. Stat. v.c. open forest 10 



Gray; marked whitish on hind-neck, marked dusky-gray 



chest; crown, about eye, ear, chin black; wing tinged 



yellow; tail tipped white; legs, bill, skin behind eye 



bright yellow; f., smaller. Insects, fruit, honey. Noisy. 



369 Yellow-throated Miner, M. flavigula, E.A., S.A., C.A. 



W.A. (inland). Stat. r. timber 10 



Gray; hind-neck marked whitish, chest marked brown; 

 rump, tip tail white; naked space behind eye; forehead, 

 throat, bill, legs yellow; a little olive-yellow on wing, 

 base-tail; f., smaller. Insects, honey. 



