MELIPHAGA CHRYSOPS, Vigors % Horsfield. 

 Black-cheeked Honey-eater. 



PLATE XXXV.— Fig. 1. 



M. supra olivacea-fusca, subtus pallidior; taenia per oculos flava, supra subtusque 

 nigra marginata. 



Meliphaga chrysops, Fig. fy Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xv. P, I. p. 315. 

 Sylvia chrysops, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. liv. 

 Black-cheeked Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist iv. p. 196. 



X he length of this species is about six inches, the form rather slender and 

 lengthened. The whole upper parts are deep oil-green, with the centre 

 of each feather considerably darker. The space between the bill and the 

 eyes, and under the eyes, are bright gamboge-yellow, forming a patch of 

 that colour, which ends on the cheeks and upper part of the neck in a curved 

 stripe of pale yellowish-white : this light space is bordered on each side 

 with a narrow line of black, the upper extending from the eye above the 

 auriculars, the lower from the base of the under mandible, and widens 

 as it reaches the sides of the neck. The throat and centre of the belly 

 are nearly pure white, the breast and sides are pale wood-brown, dashed 

 with longitudinal stripes of a darker shade. The quills and tail are umber- 

 brown, in both the outer webs are edged with dirty gamboge-yellow. 



MELIPHAGA LEUCOTIS, Vigors % Horsfield. 

 Wliite-eared Honey-eater. 



PLATE XXXV—Fig.2. 



M. corpore supra abdomineque flavo-olivaceis ; capite, gutture pectoreque nigricante 

 griseo ; macula auriculari alba. 



Meliphaga leucotis, Fig. fy Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xv. P. I. p. 314. 

 Turdus leucotis, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. xliv. 

 White-eared Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. iv. p. 186. 



JL he length is six inches and a half, and the form of the bird is much more 

 robust than the preceding. The crown of the head is blackish-grey, the 



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