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AUSTRALIAN BIRD MAPS 



MAP 79 



1. Colour-grading in a species 5 1 White-plumed 



Honey-eater (Meliphaga penicillata) the five 

 races lessening in intensity from 5 to 1. 



2. Long direct range in distribution of a race of the 



species M. penicillata a b c. This is the Leila- 

 vale race; a. Cloncurry; b. Central Australia; 

 c. Flinders Range. 



