ORDER PASSERES. 41B 



white feathers ; tail-feathers not banded ; bill keel sub- 

 tubercular. Probably young of former. 



Others have pendulous peduncles at the base of the 

 bill. 



The genus Creadion of Vieillot, some of them referred 

 to the genus Pastor, by Waggler. The genus Antho- 

 chcBra, Vigors. 



Wattle-hee Eater, Lath. Merops Carunculatiis,\ja.\h. 

 Corvus Paradoxus, Daud. Phillips' Bot. Bay, t. 28. 

 White's Jour. 



Back brown-gray, white streaked ; head and body be- 

 neath whitish-brown streaked ; middle of belly yel- 

 lowish ', quills and tail brownish-black, white tipt , side 

 of neck with cylindrical caruncles. 



AnthochcBra Lewinii, Vigors and Horsf, 



Above gray-brown, white streaked ; head blackish, white 

 lined, beneath paler ; belly yellowish ; quill and tail 

 brownish, white tipt ; side of neck with short suboval 

 caruncles ; length eleven inches ; young of former ? 



Wattled Stare, Lath. 6. Sturnus Gracula Cariincu- 

 latus, Gmel. Philedon Pharoides, Desm. Lath. Sys. 

 t. 36. 



Referred to Gracula by Daud. Sturnus, Lath, and 

 Teraminck. 



Wattled Creeper. Certhia Carunculata, Lath. Phi- 

 ledon Musicus, Desm. Vieil. O. Dor. ii, t. 69. d. 60. 

 $ . Meliphaga. Temm. 

 Olive-brown, beneath yellowish-ash ; throat fulvous • 

 base of lower jaw with a fleshy-yellow ^vattle. 

 This bird is said to sing exceedingly well. 



