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the white eyelid in his description, which, however, is manifestly 

 founded on Watling's picture, which thus becomes the type of 

 Z. cserulescens (Lath.). 



No. 111. Agile Creeper, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., p. 168. 

 Gertliia agilis, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xxxviii. 



Latham's name is not founded on this drawing, which I am 

 unable to identify. Dr. Gadow apparently did not know of the 

 name. The bird is depicted as grey above, white below, with a 

 brush-tongue. Watling says that the bird is of the " natural size." 



JSTo. 112. Yellow-winged Creeper. Lath., Gen. 8yn., Suppl. ii., 

 p. 168. 

 Gertlda pyrrhoptera, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xxxviii. 

 MeUornis australasiand (Shaw); Gadow, Cat. B., ix., 

 p. 252. 



" Watling's note : " Natural size. The only one of the kind 

 ever shot. It is a rare bird." 



There is no doubt that this drawing is the type of Latham's 

 " Yellow-winged Creeper," and therefore his name of pyrrhoptera, 

 which Dr. Gadow doubted as belonging to 31. australasiana of 

 Shaw, takes precedence over the latter name, which is founded on 

 ' ' L'Heoro-Taire noir et blanc " of Vieillot. The species must, 

 therefore, bear the name of MeUornis pyrrJioptera (Lath.), unless 

 this be considered inappropriate for a y ellow-vf inged brrd. 



No. 113. Yellow- winged Creeper. 



Latham identities this as the same as No. 112, but it looks 

 quite different, and has red on the quills, so that it is evident 

 that this suggested the name of pyrrhoptera. No black on the 

 neck or wing-coverts is shown, and I cannot identify the species, 

 which is evidently intended for a Honey-sucker, as the brush- 

 tongue is carefully indicated. 



Watling's note is : " Natural size. A Flycatcher." 



No. 114. Hoary Creeper, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., 

 p. 168. 



Certhia canescens, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl. , p. xxxvii. 



This is another brush-tongued bird of a grey colour, with a 

 light pinkish breast. I know of no Meliphagine bird to which 

 the name could be applied. Watling .says that his drawing is of 

 the "natural size." 



No. 115. Yellow-eared Creeper, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., 

 p. 169. 

 Certhia chrysotis, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xxxviii. 



This figure repiesents Ptilotis lewini of Gadow's " Catalogue, 



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