540 BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 



Crown of the head, a line running from the base of the bill 

 beneath the eye, and the ear-coverts blackish brown ; space 

 under the eye silvery white, bounded behind by an oblong 

 naked flesh-coloured spot, below which is a short pendulous 

 wattle of a pinky blood-red colour ; back of the neck and all 

 the upper surface greyish brown, each feather having a stripe 

 of white down the centre ; upper tail-coverts greyish brown, 

 broadly margined with grey ; primaries and secondaries deep 

 blackish brown, the former slightly, and the latter broadly 

 edged with grey ; all the primaries tipped with white ; two 

 middle tail-feathers greyish brown, the remainder deep 

 blackish brown, the whole largely tipped with white ; 

 throat, breast, and flanks grey, the centre of each feather 

 being lighter ; middle of the abdomen yellow ; irides bright 

 hazel-red ; legs brownish flesh-colour ; inside of the mouth 

 yellow. 



Genus ANELLOBIA, Cabanis. 



Besides the two species of this form known to inhabit 

 Australia, others, I believe, exist in the islands adjacent to 

 and in New Guinea. These birds are nearly allied to the 

 Ant/ioc/ifsra, but differ in their plumage and in the absence 

 of auricular appendages. They frequent low swampy places, 

 and are particularly fond of the Leptospermum or tea-tree, in 

 the midst of which they often secrete themselves. They are 

 alike in plumage ; and the egg, or eggs to the number of 

 two or three are deposited in a round, cup-shaped nest. 



It will be seen by the synonyms of J. mellivora that both 

 Cabanis and Reichenbach have proposed generic names for 

 this form ; that of the former author, having the priority of a 

 year, is necessarily the one adopted. 



