ENTOMYZA. 223 



Dobroyde in September 1861, measure as follows : — No. 1, length 

 (A) 0-58 X 0-46 inch; (B) 0-61 x 0-47 inch. No. 2^ length (A) 

 0-59 X 047 inch ; (B) 0-58 x 0-46 inch. 



Sab. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 

 South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. {Ramsay ) 



■^ MYZOMELA NIGRA, Gould. 



Black Honey-eater. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust , "Vol. i., sp. 344, p. 558. 



" The nest is a shallow cup-shaped structure of fine shreds of 

 bark or similar material, usually placed between the horizontal fork 

 of a branch. Mr. K. H. Bennett informs me that some years ago 

 this species was found to be plentiful near Mossgiel, feeding in the 

 Sandalwood trees (Myoporum platycarpum). Eggs two for a 

 sitting, they are of a dull white or cream-white with an indistinct 

 zone, which in some consists of distinct dots of dull brown near 

 the thicker end, in others clouded markings of light brown. 

 Length (A) 0-6 X 0-47 inch; (B) 0-63 x 0-48 inch." {Hamsay, 

 P.L.S., Hr.S.W., 2nd Series, Vol. i., p. 1151.) 



Sixb. Port Darwin and Port Essington, New South Wales, 

 Interior, Victoria and South Australia, West and South-West 

 Australia. {Ramsay.) 



Genus ENTOMYZA, Swainson. 



^x~h) ENTOMYZA CYANOTIS, Swainson. 



Blue-faced Honey-eater. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 346, p. 560. 2ZZ:. /. 



This bird has an extensive range over the eastern portions of 

 Australia from Rockingham Bay in the north to the vicinity of 



