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MELIPHAGID.E. 



GENUS CCLXXIV.— MIMETES, King. 



The characters of this ""enus are detailed in the 

 Appendix to Captain King's narrative of his voyage 

 round part of the coast of New Holland, now in the 

 press. 



GENUS CCLXXV^— SERICULUS, Swainson. 



Hosinnit Orioli rostro 



simile. 

 Tarsi elongati, valldi. 

 Cauda subfurcata. 



Beak similar to that of the 



Orioles. 

 Tarsi lengthened, strong. 

 Tail slightly forked. 



Sp. 1. Se. chrysoceplialus, Zool. Journ. (Szvnin.) i. 478. 

 Se. niger ; cervice remigibusque secundariis aureis. 

 Black Sericulus, with the cervix and secondary quills golden. 

 King-honeysucker. Lexc. Birds of New Holland, pi. 1. 



Inhabits New Holland. Size of a thrush : length 

 nine inches : beak three-quarters of an inch long, 

 from the frontal feathers to the tip, rather strong ; 

 the sides compressed, but the base broader than high : 

 the culmen is elevated, and gradually curved nearly 

 its whole length : the upper mandible projects over 

 the lower, and has the tip obtuse ; the ends of both 

 are notched : the colour is pale, or yellowish-brown : 

 the nostrils large, basal, and entirely naked ; the 

 upper part is covered by a thin membrane, and the 

 under part forms an oval aperture : front, under and 

 upper part of the neck, covered by soft, close-set 

 feathers, of a brilliant golden-yellow ; those on the 

 head very short, and resembling velvet : this patch 

 of colours borders the ears, and terminates in a half 

 collar round the back of the neck : on the wing is 

 also a large spot of pure yellow, which covers the 



