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319. G. fasciata, Gld., White-breasted Honey-eater. 



Feathers behind eye of normal shape ; inner web of quills edged 

 with fulvous ; breast and abdomen white ; dark brown cross mark- 

 ings to feathers of chest. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3. 



320. G. ocularis, Gld. (Stigmatops ocularis and subocalaris), Brown 



Honey-eater. 



Sub-gen. Stigmatops. — Feathers behind eye peculiarly shaped, 

 being short, blackish at base, silky white or yellow at terminal half, 

 giving post-ocular region a spotted appearance. 



Wings not edged with white ; ear coverts brown, upper parts 

 uniform olive-brown ; post-ocular feathers glossy yellow ; under 

 parts dingy brownish white or grey. 



(A A.A.S. Vernacular List Comm. says these are not the same.) 



Subocularis = Least Honey-eater : Total length, 4 'To in. ; culmen, 

 06 to 07 in. ; wing, 2-3 to 25 in. ; tail, 2 in. ; tarsus, 0"61.) 

 TT u (ocularis, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9. 

 "^^^- '■ \subocularis, 1, 2, 8. 



321. G. inodesta. Gray, Brown-backed Honey eater. 



For characters of Stigmatops see last species. 



W^ings not edged with white ; ear coverts brown ; upper parts 

 uniform olive-brown ; a white subocular spot ; under parts white, 

 faintly barred with brownish. 

 Hab. : 2. 



322. G. albiaiiricillaris, Ramsay, Broadbent Honey eater. 



For characters of Stigmatops see G. ocularis. 



Wings not edged with white ; ear coverts and subocular region 

 with silvery-white spots. 

 Hab : 2. 



Gknus— ENTOMOPHILA.— Bill not longer than rest of head, broad at 

 base ; nostrils not beset with feathers, operculated ; tip of wing 

 formed by third and fourth primaries ; tail square ; tarsus anteriorly 

 scutellated. 



323. E. albigularis, Gld., Rufous-breasted Honey-eater (White- 



throated Honey-eater). 



Sub-gen. Conopophila. 



Wings edged with wax- yellow ; chest reddish-buff; first primary 

 about one-third length of second ; secondaries five-sixths of whole 

 wing ; throat white. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



324. E. picta, Gld., Painted Honey-eater. 



Upper surface black ; under surface white ; flanks spotted ; wings 

 edged with wax-yellow ; bill shorter than head ; first primary 

 extremelv short, second about two- thirds length of wing. 

 Hab. : 6, 7. 



325. E. rufig'Ularis, Gld., Red-throated Honey -eater. 



Sub-gen. ConopojDhila. 



Wings edged with wax-yellow; bill shorter than head; first 

 primary about one-third of wing ; secondaries five-sixths of whole 

 wing ; throat reddish ; general plumage brownish. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



326. E, leucomelas, Cuvier, Pied Honey-eater. 



Sub-gen. Certhionyx. 



Only colours black and white ; first primary not so short as in 

 foregoing sub-genera. 



Hab. : 6, 7, 8. 9. 



