MELIPHAGID^. 



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Pedes subbreves : acrotarsiis 

 scutellatis, scutis quinque ; 

 paratarsiis integris. 



Cauda mediocris, fere aequa- 

 lis. 



Legs rather short : acrotarsia 

 scutellated, with five scales; 

 paratarsia intire. 



Tail moderate, nearly even. 



Sp. J . Mi. vh'idis. King, Survey of the Coast of Australia, ii. 



p. 418. — Gracula viridis. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. 28. — Oriolus ? 



viridis. Steph. v. xiii, 2. 194. 

 Sp. 2. Mi. flavo-cinctus. King's Survey, I. c. supra. 

 Ml. Jlavo-viridis subtus pallidior; 'capite dorsoque fusco lineatis ; 



alis, cauddque nigris, viridi Jlavoque variegatis. 

 Yellow-greea Mimetes paler beneath ; with the head and back 



lineated with brown ; the wings and tail black, variegated with 



yellow and green. 



The dimensions of this new species are nearly the 

 same as those of Mi. viridis : the beak only slightly 

 differing in being somewhat higher and more cari- 

 nated. Inhabits Australia. 



