Collecium of Birds from IVt-stern Australia. GOl 



Melithrkptus chloropsis Gould. 



Melithrepfus chlorojisis Math. p. 92. 



a-c. ? et (J imra. King River, 7tli Dec.-15tli Jan. 



d. (^ . Chockerup, 23rd Jan. 



e. Ad. Near Albany, 26th March. 

 fg. S ■ Big Grove, 1st & 2nd May. 

 h. (^ imm. Margaret River, 17th Feb. 



Iris reddish-brown ; naked skin above the eye white, below 

 pale blue ; bill dark olive-brown, orange at the base and on 

 the inside of the mouth; legs yellowish-brown. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 5o-6*5 inches. 



Gould says that the naked skin above the eye in M. 

 chloropsis is greenish-white in some specimens, and pale 

 wine-yellow in others. In M. lunulatus (Shaw) the naked 

 skin above the eye is scarlet, but in other respects the species 

 is hardly distinguishable from M. chloropsis. 



[The Western Lunulatcd Honey-eater is gregarious in its 

 habits and very plentiful among the high Eucalyptus-trees 

 in the coastal districts of the south-west. Further inland it 

 is replaced by M. leucogenys Milligan. — G. C. S.] 



Myzomela nigra Gould. 

 Myzomela nigra Math. p. 93. 

 a-c. S • Dwaladine, 24th Feb. & 12th March. 

 Iris very dark brown ; bill and feet black. 

 Total length, measured in the flesh, 5 0-5'25 inches. 

 [The Black Honey-eater was not uncommon to the east 

 of Brookton ; it frequents the tops of trees, — G. C. S.] 



Pardalotus ornatus Temm. 

 Pardalotus ornatus Math. p. 90. 

 a. ^ . King River, 5th Jan. 

 b-d. ? . Dale River, 20th Dec. to Jan. 

 e,f. S • Crookerdine Lake, 17th & 19th July. 

 g-k. S ? • Parker's Range, 8th-13th Aug. 

 I, m. (5' ? . Kurrawang, 9th & 15th Sept. 

 n. ? . Clifton Downs, 4th Oct. 



Iris olive-brown or greenish-yellow ; bill dusky black, 

 of a horii-colour at the gape ; legs of a slate-colour. 



