26^ MELIPIIAGID^. 



Sp. 26. Mel. auvita. 



Merops auritus. Shaiv, v. vii'i. p. 181. — New Holland. 

 Sp. 27. Mel. mystacea. 



Muscicapa mystacea. Sfeph. v. ix. p. 357. 

 Sp. 28. Mel. canescens, 



Certhia canescens. Shaw, v. viii. p. 261- 

 Sp. 29. Mel. leucophaea, 



Certhia leucophaea. Shaw, v. viii. p. 260. 

 Sp. 30. Mel. rufiventvis. 



Sylvia rufiventris. Ste.ph. v. ix. ;;. 696. 

 Sp. 31. Mel. crepitans. 



Muscicapa crepitans. Steph. v. ix. p. 338. 

 Sj). 32. Mel. versicolor. 



Sylvia versicolora. Steph. v. ix. p. 666. 

 Sp. 33. Mel. auricapilla. 

 Mel. vcrllce, collo jjosfke, remigibus secundariis priynoribusquc 



margine aureo-Jiavis ; tedricihus alarum inferioribus medio 

 Jlavis; corpore nigro siihser'iceo. 

 Honey-eater M'ith the crown, neck behind, secondary quills, and 



primaries at the margin, golden-yellow ; the lower wing-coverts 



yellow in the middle; the body silken-black. 

 Golden-crowned Honey-sucker. Lewin, Neiv HolL Birds, pi. 16. 



Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iv. ;;, 184. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length nine inches : 

 beak one inch and a quarter ; moderately curved, and 

 ending in a blunt point : colour buff-yellow : nostrils 

 in a long-oval near the base : crown and hind part 

 of the neck golden-yellow, the feathers short, ap- 

 pearing like velvet or hair : the secondary quills are 

 also gold-colour, and also the edges of the primaries : 

 under wing-coverts yellow in the middle : all the rest 

 of the bird fine deep-black : the scapulars fall over 

 each other, like silky fringe : tail two inches and a 

 half long, rounded at the ends : legs rather slender : 

 toes and claws long and black. 



