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4 348*Spinebill, Spinebill Honey-eater, Humniing-Bird (e), 

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



S.A., T., Bass St. Is. Stat. c. Banksias, heath 6.5 



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 melanops (fulvifrons), S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., 



W.A., T., Bass St. Is. Stat. c. sandy, heathy 7 



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. alUfrons, N.S.W., V., 



S.A., W.A., T. (inland). Stat. c. dry scrubs 5.7 



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, Entomophila picta, N.S.W., V., 

 1 S.A. (inland). Stat. v.r. plains 5.5 



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

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

 smaller. Insects. 

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

 1 S.A., C.A., W.A., N.W.A. Stat. v.r. dry scrubs 6.5 



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

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

 butfy, streaked dark-browm Pollen, honey, berries. 

 1 353*Regent Honey-eater (Warty - faced), Turkey - Bird 

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



gia, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A. Norn, flocks r. eucalypts 9.2 



