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abdomen white ; flanks and under tail-coverts sooty grey ; 

 irides red ; bill and feet black. 



The female is of a nearly uniform dusky brown ; is desti- 

 tute of the white stripe over the eye and the white spots on 

 the lateral tail-feathers ; has only a faint tinge of the golden 

 yellow on the wings and tail. 



Genus GLYCIPHILA, Swainson. 



The members of this genus resort to higher trees than the 

 Melioi'nes, are more shy in disposition, possess considerable 

 power of flight, and partake more exclusively of insect-food. 



The young differ considerably from the adult in their 

 markings. 



Sp. 301. GLYCIPHILA PULVIFRONS. 



rULVOUS-FRONTED HoNEY-EATER. 



Certhia fulvifrons, Lewin, Birds of New Holl., pi. 22. 



Meliphaga fulvifrons, Vig. and Horsf, in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 317. 



Ghjciphila fulvifrons, Swains. Class, of Birds, vol. ii. p. 326. 



melanops, Gray, Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 119, Glyciphila, sp. 1. 



Philedon rubrifrons, Less. Voy. de la Coq. 



Wy-ro-dju-dong, Aborigines of the lowland districts of Western 



Australia. 

 White-throated Honey-sucker, Colonists of Swan River. 

 Certhia melanops, Lath. Ind. Oi*n., Supp. p. xxxvi ? 



mellivora, Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. viii. part 1, p. 245. 



Meliphaga albiventris, Steph.Cont. of Shawns Gen. Zool., vol. xiv. p. 261. 



Glyciphila fulvifrons, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol, vol. iv. pi. 28. 



This species would appear to be distributed over the whole 

 of the southern portion of the Australian continent, since it is 

 to be found in New South Wales, South Australia, and at 

 Swan River, m here it is particularly abundant on the limestone 

 hills near the beach around Fremantle ; it is also an inhabitant 



