THE NOISY MINAH 



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shorter than wing. Postocular region bare of feathers. The 

 one species. 



The Bell Minah. 



Manorhina melanophrys. 



Victoria, New Soutli Wales and Queensland. 



Upper parts uniform olive-green; wings and tail brown; cheeks, 

 eyelids, a few feathers about eye and nostrils blackish; lores and 

 prssocular region rather bright-yellow; underparts of body greenish- 

 yellow; bill and feet yellow; iris brownish; an orange-red bare spot 

 below and behind the eye. Wing 3.5 to 3.8 inches. 



These birds usually go in flocks, living chiefly among the 

 tops of the Eucalyptus trees, and their tinkling note is easily 

 recognised. They are generally found near water. Their nests 

 ^re generally suspended from a twig in a low bush or even 

 bracken fern. 



Genus Myzantha. 

 Bill as long as rest of head, slightly curved and serrated. 

 Nostrils operculated and partly beset with feathers. Secondaries 

 two-thirds length of wing. Tail rounded, slightly longer than 

 wing. Tasmania and Australia. 



Key to the Species. 



Bump and upper tail coverts like rest of back. 



Forehead whitish, crown iDlack. M. garrula. 



Forehead and crown grey. M, ohscura. 



Rump and upper tail coverts white. 



Smaller: Wing 4.8 to 5.. 5 inches. M. flavigula. 



Larger: Wing .5.8 inches. M. lutea. 



The Noisy Minah. 



M. garrula. 



South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and Southern 

 Queensland. 



Forehead greyish-white; crown of head dull black; rest of upper 

 parts greyish-brown; angle of chin lemon-yellow; an indistinct grey 

 streak along centre of throat; rest of under parts of body greyish-white; 

 feathers of fore neck and breast with narrow dusky brown crescent; bill 

 and feet yellow; iris dark hazel; a yellow naked space beneath the eye. 

 Wing 5.5 to 6 inches. 



