378 THE BIRDS OP ATJSTKALIA 



and sides of the breast white, with a broad subterminal band to each 

 feather; lower abdomen and under wing- and tail-coverts creamy-buflf; 

 bill greenish-grey; feet red; iris reddish-brown. 



This bird builds a hanging dome-shaped nest, usually near 

 or over water, with a side entrance. All other Honey-eaters, 

 except G. modesta, build open nests. 



The Brown-backed Honey-eater. 



Glycyphila modesta. 



North Queensland, New Guinea and adjacent Islands. 



All upper parts uniform brown; part of lores, a spot under the eye, 

 cheeks and all the rest of the under parts white; feathers of fore-neck 

 and chest and the under wing-coverts faintly barred with pale-brownish; 

 bill and feet reddish-brown. 



Builds suspended dome-shaped nest. 



Genus EntomopMla. 

 Bill not longer than rest of head, broad at base. Nostrils not 

 beset with feathers, operculated. First primary extremely short, 

 secondaries about two-thirds of whole wing in length. 



The Painted Honey-eater. 



EntomopMla picta. 



South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. 



The upper parts generally uniform brownish black; most of the 

 primaries and secondaries, and the tail feathers broadly edged with 

 bright yellow; the terminal half or third of the inner webs of most of 

 the tail feathers white. A small spot on the chin blackish, the rest of 

 the under parts pure white. Bill deep pink; feet purplish lead colour; iris 

 hazel. Culmen .63 inch, wing 3.5, tarsus .7. Female less brilliant, but 

 having same pattern of colouring. The single species. 



Genus Lacustroica. 

 Exposed portion of bill slightly less than half the length of 

 head, equal in height to breadth at nostril, culmen arched. First 

 primary short, the second equal in length to the seventh. This 

 bird is practically a link between the Zosterops and Honey- 

 eaters. Its note is also like that of a Zosterops. 



