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The other section contains a number of larger species, 

 mostly with dull gresnish or brownish plumage and 

 nearly all with a 3'ellow tuft or patch on the ear-coverts. 

 Though rather uninteresting-looking birds several are 

 really of great scientific value, being new to the National 

 Collection, and one, Ptilotis mimikce proved to be new to 

 Science. The largest form is the curious Friar-bird 

 (Philemon novcB-guinecB) with the bare sides of the face 

 and neck black and a swollen knob on the base of the 

 bill. It was generally met with in pairs and inhabited 

 the tops of the tallest forest trees whence its pecuHar cry 

 might constantly be heard. 



FAMILY NECTARINIID.E — SUN-BIRDS. 



The Sun-birds are represented by two species Ciniiyns 

 aspasicB and C. fvenata. The male of the former is 

 deep black with a dark metallic green cap, shoulders and 

 lower back, and purple throat, while the female is olive 

 above, and dull yellow below, with a grey head and 

 throat. The latter species is dull yellow above, brilliant 

 3^ellow below, with a purple throat in the male, which is 

 absent in the female. 



Mr. Goodfellow tells us that among the riot of para- 

 sitic plants which covered the trees a few Sun-birds and 

 Honey-eaters might always be seen. The nests of the 

 former, suspended from fallen and partially submerged 

 dead trees, were continuously swinging from side to side, 

 the strong current in the river keeping the trees in per- 

 petual motion. These nests might easily be mistaken 

 for a handful of drift left there by the river. 



FAMILY DICjEID.^ — FLOWER-PECKERS. 



DiccBiim diver sum and Melanocharis chloroptera, a 

 dull-looking greenish-grey species described by Count 



