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point : and indeed the general character of the group accords 

 exactly with that of the Meliphagidce in general. 



1. Garrula. Myz. grisea, fronte corporeque subtus albidis, 



nucha pectoreque leviter albo et cinereo fasciatis. pileo genis- 

 que 7iig7'is, striga longit udinali alarum Jlavii, rcniigibus rec- 

 tricibusque nigro-fuscis opicibns albis. 

 Merops garrulus. Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. xxxiv. 7to. 9' 

 Chattering Honey-Eater. Id. Gen, Hist. iv. p. l64. no. 9. 



" The native name of this bird," observes Mr. Caley, " is 

 Cobai/'gin; — it is a very common bird, and may be seen at all 

 times of the year. Its note is loud, and like a kind of laugh. 

 I once killed six of these birds at a shot, when on the wing- 

 hovering over a part of a tree whence some substance had 

 exuded ; but they are not gregarious." 



2. Flavirostris. Myz. olivaceo-viridis, subtus flavescens ; tna- 



culâ utrinque anteocularijlavâ; fronte, plumuUs capistralibus, 

 taniâque rictali saturate brunneis; tectricibus alarum griseis. 



Remiges fuscae, exteriores pallido-griseo, interiores flavo-viridi 

 externe marginatœ ; subtus cinereo-fuscœ. Tectrices infe- 

 riores cinereo-fuscœ, ad humeros flavescentes. Rectrices 

 superne olivaceo-virides, subtus flavescentes. Rostrum pe- 

 desqiie flavi. Longitudo corporis, 8^; ala a carpo ad remi- 

 gem quartam, 3^ ; cauda, 3^^ 5 rostri ad frontem, \^, ad 

 rictum, -pV '■> tarsi, \ . 



Mr. Caley thus observes on this bird. — " Dell-bird or Bell- 

 bird. So called by the colonists. It is an inhabitant of brushes, 

 where its disagreeable noise (disagreeable at least to me) may be 

 continually heard ; but no where more so than on going up the 

 harbour to Paramatta, when a little above the Flats. '^ 



Genus. 



