



MYZOMELINiE. 



1 . M. sanguinolenta (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. ii. 78. — Certhia 

 dibapha Lath. Lamb. loon. ined. ii. 70. ; C. australasise Leach, Zool. 

 Misc. pi. ii. ■ Meliphaga cardinalis Vig. 8; Horsf. Gould, B. of Austr. 

 pi. • Cinnyris rubrater Less. Kittl. Kiipf. t. 8. f. 1. 



2. M. erythrocephala Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1839. P- 144., B. of 

 Austr. pi. 



3. M. pectoralis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 1 70., B. of Austr. pi. 



4. M. obscura Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 136., B. of Austr. pi. 



5. M. nigra Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 



6. M. guttata (Vieill.) Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 5.9. 



7. M. , Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. t. 22. f. 5. 



8. M. , Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. t. 22. f. 6. 



9. M. ? sanguinea (Gmel.). 

 10. M. chermesina G. R. Gray. 



Entomophila Gould.* 



Bill moderate, broad at the base, with the culmen and lateral margins curved, and the sides 

 compressed to the tip, which is slightly emarginated ; the gonys straight or curved ; the nostrils basal, 

 with the opening lunate and anterior in the membranous space. Wings long and pointed, with the first 

 quill very short, the second nearly as long as the third and fourth, which are equal and longest. Tail 

 moderate and even. Tarsi short, as long as the middle toe, and covered in front with broad transverse 

 scales. Toes moderate and slender, with the outer toe rather longer than the inner, and united at its 

 base ; the claws moderate, compressed, and acute. 



It is in various parts of Australia that the species of this genus are found. They frequent both the extensive plains 

 and the swampy situations ; and are usually seen perched on the branches, now and then darting forth after passing 

 insects, and then generally returning to the spot they have just left. While on the wing they often spread out their tail, 

 and occasionally chase each other above the tops of the high trees, uttering a loud melodious note which is sometimes 

 changed to a chattering noise. It is remarked of one species, that it congregates in large flocks, which soar high in the 

 ail*, during most parts of the day. The nest is pendulous from the tip of a branch, and is partly hidden by the leaves 

 of the Acacia. It is mostly formed of fine fibrous roots, with the entrance at the top. The eggs are generally two in 

 number. 



1. E.picta Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 154., Syn. B. of Austr. 

 pi. (head), B. of Austr. pi. 



2. E. ? albigularis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 137., B. of Austr. 

 pi. 



3. E. ? rufigularis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 137., B. of Austr. 



4. E. picata (Gould), B. of Austr. pi. — Type of Melicophila 

 Gould (1844). 



pi. 



Glyciphila Swains. f 



Bill rather long, more or less slender and curved, with the culmen and the lateral margins curved, 

 and the sides compressed to the tip, which is slightly emarginated and acute; the gonys long and 

 curved ; the nostrils basal, and placed in a large groove, with the opening linear, and closed by a 

 membranous scale. ' Wings rather short, with the first quill half the length of the second ; the third, 

 fourth, and fifth, equal and longest. Tail moderate and emarginated. Tarsi longer than the middle 

 toe, and covered in front with broad transverse scales. Toes short, with the outer longer than the 



* Established in 1837 by Mr. Gould (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837- p. 154.). It embraces Melicophila of the same author (1844). 

 | This genus was established by Mr. Swainson (1837) in his Classif. of Birds, ii.p. 326. 



