ENTOMYZA CYANOTIS. 



(Blue-faced Honey Eater.) 



Adult.— Naked skiu around tlie eye, deep blue, greeiiisli above tlie eye ; crown of the bead, stripe underneath the naked part, and space 

 behind the neck, black, with a lunate mark of white at the occiput; a slaty black patch, commencing in a thin line at the throat and becoming 

 broader on the chest ; a white stripe, from the base of the lower mandible, divides the black of the head and throat; breast and under surface, 

 white ; upper surface, wings, and tail, bright olive green ; inner webs of all but the two central feathers of the tail and inner webs of the 

 primaries, brown ; tail feathers, tipped with white ; base of the bill, bluish grey — tip, black ; irides, very light yellow ; eyelash, black ; feet, 

 lead color. 



The YouNa differs from the adult in having the irides of a dark olive tint, and the base of the under mandible greenish yellow ; 

 the bare space around the eye is light greenish yellow. 



Length, 13 inches ; wing, 5f ; tail, 4i ; bill. If ; tarsus, 1\. 



This singular but very pretty species of Honey Eater is found throughout the colony of New South "Wales and the southern 

 portions of Queensland, being found pretty generally dispersed throughout the year. It differs in size ; Queensland specimens being smaller 

 than those from New South Wales. It frequents the flowering gums in search of its food, which consists of honey and insects. It is met 

 with in small companies ; and when other birds of similar habits visit its resort it evinces a very pugnaceous disposition, and ceases not to 

 annoy and persecute them until they take their departure. On the approach of man near its building place it shows great boldness and 

 courage, swooping down on the intruder and striking at him in passing by. Its actions are graceful and easy as it hangs and clings among 

 the branches and twigs ; and the brilliancy of its countenance renders it a very conspicuous object. The eggs are stated by Mr. G-ould to be 

 deposited in the deserted nest of the Pomatorhinus Temporalis, m a neat round depression at the top of the dome ; they are generally two in 

 number, of a rich salmon color, spotted with rust brown : size, li inch by 10^ lines. 



ENTOMYZA ALBIPENNIS. 



(White-pinioned Honey Eater.) 



Ceown and back of the neck, black ; lower part of face, chin, and centre of the chest, slaty black ; a white crescent at the occiput ; a streak 

 of white from the base of the lower mandible joins the white of the under surface ; back, wings, and tail, golden olive ; primaries, brown ; the 

 inner webs, for half their length from the base, pure white ; tail, brown, tinged with golden olive— all but the two central feathers, tipped 

 with white ; the naked skin round the eye is rich blue in the adult, and saffron yellow in the young ; bill, yellow at the base, and black at the 

 tip ; feet, green. 



Length, 12 inches ; wing, 6 ; tail, 4|- ; bill, li ; tarsus, If. 



This species is confined to the northern portions of Australia, and is abundant in the country to the west of the Gulf of 

 Carpentaria. Though bearing a general resemblance to the former species, it is easily distinguished from it by the color of the inner webs of 

 the primaries, and by being rather smaller in size. Its habits are similar to those of E. Cyanotis. 



