THE EUFOXJS-BREASTED HONEY-EATEE 379 



White's Honey-eater. 



Lacustroica icJdtei. 



Lake Murcliisoii District, Western Australia. 



Single species. General colour above dull greyish-brown, the outer 

 secondaries margined around the apical portion with whity-brown; tail 

 dark-brown; central feathers lightly tipped with brownish-white, the 

 remainder with a white spot at the tip of the inner \Yeb ; chin dull 

 white; under surface white. Total length 4 inches, wing 2.4, tail 1.7.5. 



Genus Conopophila. 

 Bill and nostrils as in Entomopliila. First primary about 

 one-third the length of the second; secondaries five-sixths of 

 whole wing. Only the two .species. 



Throat reddish. C. rufigularis. 



Throat white. C. albigularis. 



The Red-throated Honey-eater. 



Conopophila rufigularis. 



North-west Australia to North Queensland. 



Head and back brown; throat rusty red; sides of head and rest 

 of under parts pale-brownish; bill and feet purplish-brown. In other 

 respects like C. albigularis. Culmen .6 inch, wing 2.6, tail 2.5, tarsus .6. 



The Rufous-breasted Honey-eater. 



Conopophila albigularis. 



Northern Territory, North Queenlaud, New Guinea, Aru Islands. 



Grown and sides of head ashy grey; wings edged with wavy yellow 

 as also the tail feathers; rest of upper part brown; chin and throat, 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts white; chest rufous-brown, forming a 

 conspicuous collar; flanks and under wing-coverts whitish washed with 

 pale brown; bill blackish-grey; feet bluish-grey, iris bright reddish-brown. 

 Culmen .5 inch, wing 2..5, tail 1.7, tarsus .7. Female similar rather smaller. 



Eggs (occasionally 3) measure 0.75 x 0.50 inch, and are white 

 in colour, thickly dotted over with reddish markings. The nest 

 is very deep, being about two inches internally. 



Genus Certhionyx. 

 Bill equal to rest of head in length. First primary more than 

 one-third length of second. Only coloitrs black and white. One 

 species only. 



