meliphagidte. ^26S 



Sp. 34, Mel. sauguiuea. 



Certhia sanguinolenta. Shaiv, v. viii. /;. 232, — Sanguineous 

 Honey-eater. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iv. p. 201. pi. Ixxiii. 



Sp. 35. Mel. maculata. Temm. PI. Col. 29. f. 1. 



'M.E. ^^avescente-viridis, loris, regione oculari mentoqice griseis ; 

 striga alba a rictu infra oculos ; regione auriculari aureo-fulvo ; 

 corpore injrajlavescente-xiirido, cinereo-fusco maculate. 



Yellowish-green Honey-eater with the loreS;, region of the eyes, 

 and chin grey; a white stripe from the gape beneath the eyes j 

 the region of the ear golden-yellow ; the body beneath yellowish- 

 green, spotted with ashy-brown. 



Length five inches and a half: the top of the 

 head, the upper parts of the body, the wings and the 

 tail, are yellowish -green : the lores, the region of the 

 eyes, and the chin, are deep-grey : a white stripe 

 begins at the angle of the beak and passes beneath 

 the eyes : the ear is covered with very bright golden- 

 yellow feathers : the feathers of the under parts of 

 the body are yellowish-green, with ashy-brown spots : 

 the beak is black, with its base reddish : the legs are 

 ash-coloured. The female has the top of the head 

 pure ash : the nape and the beak ashy-brown : the 

 under parts of the plumage whitish, varied with small 

 ashy-spots on the breast : the spot on the ears is 

 very small : in other respects she resembles the male. 



Sp. 36. Mel. reticulata. Temm. PL Col. 29. f. 2. 



Me, olivaceo-cinereapennarum marginibus viridescentihus ; regione 

 aurium circulo flavicante, intus cinereo albo striata ; guld abdo- 

 mineque albis; corpore infra cinereo, albo lineato. 



Olive cinereous Honey-eater with the edges of the feathers 

 greenish; the region of the ears with a yellowish circle, 

 within ashy striped with white ; the throat and abdomen white ; 

 the body beneath cinereous, lineated with white. 



