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336. P. chrysops, Lath., Yellow-faced Honey-eater. 



With small white post-auricular patch ; ear coverts yellow ; black 

 streak through eye ; under parts with dull streaks ; cheeks black ; 

 upper parts earthy-brown, 

 flab. : 2, 3, 4. 



337. P. filigera, Gld., Streak-naped Honey-eater. 



Yellow colour confined to post -auricular feathers ; ocular and 

 auricular region not bare ; upper parts brown ; ear coverts brownish ; 

 a golden-yellow post-auricular stripe ; under parts fulvous- brown. 

 Hab.: 1,2 



338. P. flaviglllaris, Gld. (P. flavicollis, Vieill), Yellow-throated 



Honey-eater. 



Throat gamboge-yellow ; crown and fore-neck ashy-grey ; mantle 

 dark yellowish-olive. 

 Hab. : 4, 5. 



339. P. leilCOtis, Lath., White-eared Honey-eater. 



Ear coverts pure white ; throat black ; crown ashy-grey. 

 Hab. : 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. 



340. P. fascioglllaris, Gld., Fasciated Honey-eater. 



Bright yellow post auricular tufts, followed by elongated feathers 

 on sides of neck ; throat ashy-brown, much barred with yellow ; 

 upper parts ashy-brown. 

 Hab. : 2, 3. 



341. P. COCkerelli, Gld., Cockerell Honey-eater. 



Post-auricular feathers forming decidedly elongated tufts (yellow) ; 

 feathers of fore-neck hairy or lanceolate, white ; under parts dull 

 white ; crown dark brown ; median wing coverts tipped with white. 

 Hab.: 2. 



342. P. aiiricomis, Lath., Yellow-tufted Honey-eater. 



Post-auricular feathers forming decidedly elongated yellow tufts ; 

 feathers of throat not lanceolate ; ear coverts and ocular region 

 black ; crown and under parts yellow ; mantle olive-grey. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. 



343. P. caSSidix, Jardine, Helmeted Honey- eater. 



Post- auricular feathers forming elongated yellow tufts ; feathers 

 of throat not lanceolate ; ear coverts and ocular region black ; crown 

 and under parts yellow ; mantle blackish-brown. 

 Hab. : 4. 



344. P. cratitia, Gld. (includes P. occidentalis, Cabani), Wattle-cheeked 



Honey-eater. 



Post-auricular feathers forming yellow tufts ; under parts dull 

 yellowish-white, without shaft streaks ; ear coverts not bounded by 

 black stripe ; crown grey ; from gape down each side of throat a 

 naked fleshy wattle of a beautiful lilac colour. 

 Hab. : 6, 8, 9. 



345. P. keartlandi, North, Keartland Honey-eater. 



Plate, Horn Exp., Zool. 



A line in front and the feathers above and below the eye blackish ; 

 ear coverts silky-grey, slightly tipped with blackish -brown ; con- 

 spicuous patch of light yellow feathers behind eye ; cheeks, chin, 

 throat, and all the upper surface pale lemon-yellow, slightly darker 

 on centre of throat and fore-neck. 

 Hab. : 7, 8. 



346. P. penicillata, Gld., White-plumed Honey-eater. 



Post-auricular feathers forming decidedly elongated tufts (pure 

 white) ; ear coverts dull yellow ; upper parts dull earthy-brown. 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 6, 7 



