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444 HISTORY OF 



beak, and some few others grow erect on the 

 top of the head ; the legs are of a blue grey, 

 and the iris is a bright red. 



NEW HOLLAND CREEPER. 



The colours of this bird are black and white ; 

 the bill is pointed and like the legs, dusky; the 

 sides, belly, neck and breast are streaked with 

 white, and over each eye is a streak of the same 

 colour; the sides of the neck, and part of the 

 back have the same kind of markings ; the quills 

 and tail feathers have yellow edges, and several 

 of the outer ones are spotted within with white 

 towards the tips ; the size of the bird is nearly 

 the same as the Nightingale. 



The female in colours resembles the male, 

 only they are not so bright ; It has no white on 

 the front of the head, that colour being confined 

 to the parts round the cheeks ; the yellow on 

 the. wings and tail incline rather to an olive 

 colour; a rich brown colour is dispersed over 

 the shoulders, which terminates about half way 

 down the back. 



The bill, legs, and indeed the general form 

 of the female is considerably stouter than that 

 of the male. 



tht: knob fronted bee eater. 



Is about the size of a Blackbird ; the plumage 

 is generally brown above and white beneath ; 



