THE BKOADBENT HONEy-EATER 381 



yellowish -white arrow-shaped bar; abdomen and under tail-coverts more 

 uniform whitish -yellow; under wing-coverts black edged with yellowish- 

 white; bill black; feet blackish-brown; iris reddish-brown; warty 

 excrescences dirty yellowish-white. Culmen .84 inch, wing 4.35, tail 4, 

 tarsus .85. Female similarly coloured, rather smaller, wing 4.15. 



Genus Stigmatops. 

 Like Glycyphila but with the feathers behind the eye 

 generally peculiar, being short, blackish at base, silky white or 

 yellow at terminal half, giving to the postocular region a spotted 

 appearance. Moluccas to New Caledonia. Small birds of a;bout 

 the size of a sparrow. 



Ear coverts brown. S. ocularis. 



Ear coverts and subocular region with silvery white spots. S. albiauricnlaris. 



The Brown Honey-eater. 



Stigmatops ocularis. 



Australia, except South Australia and Victoria, New Guinea, Aru 

 Islands. 



Upper parts all dark olive-brown, changing into yellowish-brown on 

 rump and upper tail-coverts; all under parts dull yellowish-white, washed 

 with brownish-grey on the fore-neck and breast. Behind the eye a small 

 patch of peculiar short glossy yellow feathers; feathers below the eye 

 very short blackish at base with glossy silvery tips; bill dark-brown; 

 feet grey; iris light red. 



An active bird with a cheery musical note, which is 

 frequently heard. It is usually found in gullies or near water- 

 courses. Its eggs are almost quite white, the fine reddish 

 markings on the larger end being very faint. 



The Broadbent Honey-eater. 



Stigmatops albiauricnlaris. 



Cape York, South-east New Guinea. 



Upper parts dingy fuscous; sides of head, neck, breast and abdomen 

 mottled with white and brownish, the feathers being brown edged with 

 white; under tail-coverts and flanks white; subocular region and ear- 

 coverts with silvery -white spots; bill black; feet lead colour. 



