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Latham, a name universally applied to the Regent Bird (Sericulus). 

 This it certainly is not, and the name mi;st be dropped, and the 

 latter species called Sericulus chrysocephalus (Lewin). 



No. 126. Pale-cheeked Honey-eater, Lath. [M8.] ; id., Gen. 

 Hist. B., iv., p. 167 (1822). 

 ManorMna melanoplirys (Lath.) ; Gadow, Cat. B., ix., p. 259. 

 This is undoubtedly the same as No. 149 {vide infra), the 

 latter figure being the type of M. melanopTirijs (Lath.). 

 Watling's note : " Natural size. November." 

 No. 127. Coach-Whip Flycatcher, Lath., Gen. 8yn., Suppl. ii., 

 p. 222. 

 Muscicapa crepitans. Lath., Lid. Orn., Suppl., p. li. 

 Psophodes crepitans, Sharpe, Cat. B., vii., p. 350. 

 This is the type of Latham's " Coach-Whip Flycatcher." He 

 annexes Watling's paragraph on the note of the bird, but says 

 that the native name is " Djow." 



Watling's note is as follows : "One-half the natural size. Native 

 name Wan-nang. This bird, from a single note resembling the 

 crack of a coachman's whip, is called the Coach- Whip Flycatcher." 

 No. 128. White-crowned Honey -eater, Lath. MS. ; id.. Gen. 

 Hist. B., iv., p. 169 (1822). 

 Meliornis australasiana (Shaw), Gadow, Cat. B., ix., p. 252, 

 Watling's note : " Very numerous and common in New South 

 Wales. Native name Balganera. Half the size of nature." 

 No. 129. White-naped Honey-eater, Lath. [MS.]; id., Gen. 

 Hist. B., iv., p. 168 (1822). 

 Melithreptus lunidatus (Shaw), Gadow, Cat. B., ix., p. 204. 

 Watling's drawing is of the " natural size." 

 No. 130. White-naped Honey-eater, Lath. MS. (^eeNo.129.) 

 Watling's note : " Natural size. A male bird. December." 

 No. 131. White-naped Honey-eater, Lath. MS. (See No. 129.) 

 Watling's note : " Natural size. It is a lively little bird ; 

 frequently contends with small Parrots for flowers. March." 

 No. 132. White-ci'owned Honey-eater, Lath. [MS.] ; Gen. 

 Hist. B., iv., p. 169 (1822). {See No. 128.) 

 Blue-eared Grakle, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., p. 130 



(founded on a description given by General Davies). 

 Gracula cyanotis, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xxix. 

 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Lath., Gen, Syn., Suppl. ii., 



p. 154. 

 Merops cyanops, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xxxiv. 

 Blue-cheeked Thrush, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., p. 184. 



