ACANTHOCHaSEA. — ACANTHOGENTS. 



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Acanthochaera inauris {Gould). 



(Plate III. fig. 14.) 



Anthochsera inauris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 586 (1865). 

 Acanthochrera inauris, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 263 (1884) ; North, 



Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 214 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 83 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 425 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Rand-l. v. p. 89 (1906). 



The eggs of the Yellow-wattled Honey-eater do not appear to be 

 separable from those of A. carunculata. They measure from 1-22 

 to 1'4 in length, and from -89 to "95 in breadth. 



1 . Tasmania. 

 3. Tasmania. 



2. Tasmania. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ANELLOBIA, Cab. 

 Anellobia chrysoptera (Lath.). 



Meliphaga mellivora, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. tab. xvi. fig. 11 



(1845-54). 

 Anellobia mellivora, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 641 (1865) ; North, 



Nests 8f Eggs, Austr. Birds, p. 216, pi. xii. fig. 6 (1889). 

 AcanthoclisBra mellivora, Gadnw, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 264 (1884) ; 



Nehrh. Kat: Eiersamml. p. 83 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs 



Austr. Birds, i. p. 425 (1901). 

 Anellobia chrysoptera, Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 90 (1906). 



The eggs of the Brush Wattle-bird are smaller than those of 

 A. carunculata, but otherwise resemble them. They measure from 

 1-05 to 1-17 in length, and from -74 to -77 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



1. ' Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. 8outh Australia {G. F. Angas). Gould Coll. 



2. Flanders, Western Pt., Victoria, Crowley Bequest. 



11th November (A. J. North). 



1. Dobroyd, N. S. Wales, October Crowley Bequest. 



(E, P. Bamsay: Tristram Coll.). 



2. Tasmania. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ACANTHOGENYS, Gould. 

 Acanthogenys rufigularis, Gould. 



Acanthogenys rufogularis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 634 (1866) ; 



North, Nests | Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 213, pi. xii. fig. 10 (1889) ; 



Campbell, Nests f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 427, pi. 16 (1901) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 90 (1906). 

 Acanthochsera rufigularis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 265 (1884) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 83 (1899). 



