412 CLASS AVES. 



Some have portions of skin denuded of feathers on 

 the cheeks. 



Even in those v/hich have no part naked, singular 

 arrangements of plumage are at times observed. 



The Honey-suckers are confined to the oceanic 

 islands, and Temminck observes the D'lcecB of Cuvier 

 are not to be separated from them. The notch of the 

 bill is not a very certain character ; he also observes, 

 that the NectarinicB are not found in the oceanic islands, 

 and that the Honey-suckers are not found in India or 

 Africa. 



The genus Meliphaga of Lewin is divided into several 

 genera by Vieillot, and placed with the Tenuirostres by 

 all modern authors. The Philedon of Desmarest. 



Some are peculiar for having a prominence on their 

 bill. 



The genus Tropidorhynchus of Vigors. 



Knob-fronted Honey-eater, Lath. Merops CorniculatuSf 



Lath. Le Corbi Calao, Vail. O. A. and Ind. t. 24. 



Lewin. N. H. B. 



Brownish-gray ; beneath whitish ; head, neck, upper 

 part of neck, throat, and narrow collar black, naked ; 

 chin, chest, tips of tail white ; tail finely brown lined ; 

 base of the bill keeled, with a large tubercle. New- 

 foundland. 



Cowled Honey-eater, Lath. ? Merops Monachus, Lath. 

 Cuv. R. A. t. 4. f. 3. White's Jour. t. at p. 190. 

 Philemon. 



Above brownish-gray ; nape varied with white ; beneath 

 whitish ; head black, naked ; back of head covered with 



