Australian Birds in the Collection of the Linnean Society. 3G3 



Genus. TKOPiDORnyNcixus*. 



Rostrum forte, subelongatum, culmine elevato, maxime cultrato, 



arcuato ; mandibulii superior! ad apicem vix emarginatii ; 



naribus prope medium sitis, subovalibus, apertis, perviis. 

 .^te longitudine médiocres, subrotundataî ; re;«i^e prima brevi, 



secundâ tertiâ parte longiori, tertiâ quartâ et quintâ a?qua- 



libus longissimis, sextâ his paulo breviori. 

 Cauda subelongata, a^qualis. 

 Pedes fortes, longitudiiie médiocres ; acrotarsiis scutellatis, para- 



tarsiis integris. 

 Caput plus minusve nudum. 



The strong bill, with its elevated keel, and the nostrils oval, 

 pervious, and situated near the middle of the beak, offers a very 

 distinguishing character by which this group is known from the 

 more typical Meliphagidce. We know not upon what authority 

 they are said to be Honey-Eaters ; but the above-mentioned 

 form and situation of the Jiares are so different from what is 



yuscis ad apices albis, istis in medio interne pallida castaneis ; lateribus colli carun- 

 cula brevi subovali compressa instructis. 



Genarum plumulae a rictu sub dcuIos extendentes albœ, sericeae, breves. Tectricuiii 

 remi^itmque plumœ albido marginatfe, harum pogoniis internis in medio castaneo- 

 marginatis, tusciam castaneam, alis clausis, subtus exhibentibus. Rostrum ni- 

 grum. Pedes flavescentes. Longitude corporis, 1 1 ; alec a carpo ad remigem 

 quartam, 6^; caudec,6^jj; rostri ad rictum, ly\^, ad frontcm, 1 ; tarsi, 1/^. 



In Museo Societatis Zoologicae. 



Memorice Domini JOANNis GULIELMI Lewin, peregrinatoris in Australia seduli 

 sagacissimique, qui Meliphagidarum characteres primùm detexit et illustravit, 

 ficcc avis sit sacra. 



The Poe Honey-Eater of Dr. Latham, Merops Notvf Zcalandia, Gmel. (/IL concin- 

 natus, Lath.) may be referred to this group, of which it has the bill and the general 

 characters. In its tail only it differs, which is slightly rounded at the apex. 



* TpaiTis carina, and pvy^o; rostrum. 



2 T 2 usually 



