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319. G. fascia ta Old., 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. OClllaris, Gld. (Stigmatops ocularis and subocularis), 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 (Jomm. says these are not the same.) 



Subocularis = Least Honey-eater : Total length, 4'75 in. ; culmen, 

 0'6 to 0'7 in. ; wing, 2 '3 to 2 '5 in. ; tail, 2 in. ; tarsus, 0*61.) 

 w , /ocularis, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9. 

 : \subocularis, 1, 2, 8. 



321. G. modest a, Gray, Brown-backed Honey eater. 



For characters of Stigmatops see last species. 



Wings 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. albiauricillaris, 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. 



GENUS 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. alblgulariS, Gld., Rufous-breasted Honey-eater (W T hite- 



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 

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

 Hab. : 6, 7. 



325. E. rilfiglllaris, Gld., Red-throated Honey-eater. 



Sub-gen. (Jonopophila. 



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. (Jerthionyx. 



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

 foregoing sub-genera. 



Hab. : to, 7, S, 9. 



