230 MELIPHAGID^. 



August and the five following months constitute the breeding 

 season of this species. 



Hah. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, 

 Tasmania. {^Ramsay ) 



MYZANTHA OBSCURA, Gould. 

 Sombre Honey-eater. 



Gould, Sandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 354, p. 576. 



" This species inhabits Swan River and the south-western 

 portion of Australia generally, where it beautifully represents the 

 Myzantha garrula of New South Wales. The nest is built on an 

 upright fork of the topmost branches of the smaller gum-trees, 

 and is formed of small dried sticks lined with soft grasses and 

 feathers. The eggs are eleven and a-half lines long by*nine lines 

 broad, of a rich orange-buff, obscurely spotted and blotched with 

 a deeper tint, particularly at the larger end."- {Gould, Handhh. 

 Bds. AusL, Vol. i., p. 576.) 



Hah. West Australia. 



''-'' MYZANTHA FLAVIGTJLA, Gould. 



Tellow-throated Miner. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 356, p. 578. 22Z: ^ 



" The nest is a neat round structure of fine twigs, occasionally 

 ornamented with wool and the egg-bags of spiders &c., giving the 

 outside a beautiful white appearance ; the inside is lined with 

 hair of different kinds and wool, the inside diameter is three inches, 

 the depth two and a-quarter inches; it is placed among the 

 branches of trees and shrubs frequently near the ground. The 

 eggs are four or five for a sitting, of a rich salmon colour with 

 dark salmon-red spots and dots all over the surface of the shell. 



