MELIPHAGINiE. 



4. M. Lewinii Swains. — Meliphaga chrysotis Lewin, B. of N. H. 

 pi. 5. 



5. M. chrysops (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. ii. t. 46., Jard. & Selby, 

 III. Ornith. pi. 35. f. 1., B. of Austr.pl. 



6. M. leucotis (Lath.) Gould, Syn. B. of Austr. pi., B. of Austr. 

 pi., PL col. 435., Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 35. f. 2., Voy. de 

 l'Astrol. Ois. t. 8. f. 1. 



7- M. flava Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 136., B. of Austr. pi. 



8. M. unicolor Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 136., B. of Austr. pi. 



9. M. fusca Gould, Syn. B. of Austr. pi. f., B. of Austr. pi. 



10. M. ornata Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1838. p. 24., B. of Austr. pi. 



11. M. plumula Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 1.50., B. of Austr. pi. 



12. M. sonora Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. ]60., B. of Austr. pi. 



13. M. cratitia Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1 840. p. l60., B. of Austr. pi. 



14. M. penicillata Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1836. p. 143., B. of Austr. 

 pi. 



15. M.flavigula Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1838. p. 24. — Melithreptes 

 flavicollis Vieill. ? 



16. M. flavescens Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1839- p. 144., B. of Austr. 

 pi. 



17. M. versicolor Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 136., B. of Austr. pi. 



18. M. , Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. 1. 17. f. 2. 



19. M. australasiana (Shaw), Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 55. — Meli- 

 threptes melanoleucus Vieill. ; Meliphaga inornata Gould ; Certhia 

 pyrrhoptera Lath. Lamb. Icon. ined. ii. 71.; Type of Meliornis 

 G. R. Gray (1840). 



20. M. nova hollandiw (Lath.) White, Voy. pi. p. 186., Vieill. 

 Ois. dor. t. 57. — Meliphaga Balgonera Steph. ; M. barbata Swains. 



21. U. sericea Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1836. p. 144., White, Voy. pi. 

 p. 297., Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 71. — Melithreptes ater Vieill.?; Meli- 

 phaga sericeola Gould. 



22. M. mysticalis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 161. 



23. M. melanodera Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l'Astrol. Ois. t. 8. 

 f. 1. 



24. M. pyrrhotis Less. Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 271. 



25. M. limbata Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 162. 



26. M. maculata Temm. PI. col 29. f. 1. 

 27- M. reticulata Temm. PI. col. 29. f. 2. 



28. M. rvfogularis (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 153., B. of 

 Austr.pl Type of Acanthogenys Gould (1837). 



29. ? M. carunculata (Gmel.) Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 69, 70 



C read ion musicus Vieill. 



Anthoch^era Vig. $■ Horsf.* 



The characters are similar to those of Meliphaga ; but the Wings are moderate and rounded, with the 

 first four quills graduated, and the fifth and sixth equal and longest ; and the Tail long, broad, and 

 graduated on the sides. 



The species are peculiar to the great continent of Australia. They frequent, in small flocks, the various species of 

 Eucalypti and Banksias ; on the pollen of the flowers of those trees they principally feed, as well as on the small insects 

 that live in them. While searching for their food they are very active, and perform a variety of elegant movements. 

 Their flight is undulating, and is seldom extended farther than from tree to tree ; and they possess much courage, as 

 they will attack all birds, without any regard to size, that approach near their nest. The nest is built in a low bush, 

 and is formed of twigs, and lined with wool and fine grass. The female of one species is supposed only to lay a single 

 egg at a time. 



1. A. mellivora (Lath.) Vig. & Horsf. Lamb. Icon. ined. i. 33., 

 Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 88., Gould, Syn. B. of Austr. pi., B. of Austr.pl. 

 — Merops goruck Shaw ; Meliphaga albiventer Steph. ; Philemon 

 chrysoptera Vieill. 



2 A. lunulata Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1 837. p. 153., B. of Austr. pi. 



3. A. carunculata (Lath.) White, Voy. pi. p. 144 — Corvus para- 

 doxus Baud. Tr. d'Orn. ii. t, l6. 



4. A. inauris Gould, B. of Austr. pi. — Anthochaera carunculata 

 Vig. 8f Horsf. Gould, Syn. B. of Austr. pi., Gal. des Ois. t. 94. 



5. A. Lewinii Vig. & Horsf. Phill. Bot. Bay, pi. p. 164. 



Prosthemadera.* 



The characters are very like those of the former genera : except that the Wings are moderate, with 

 the fifth and sixth quills equal and longest, and the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth more or less 



* Vigors and Dr. Horsfield established this genus in 1826 {Linn. Trans, xv. p. 320.). 

 f Established by me in 1840 {List of the Genera of Birds). 



