MEL1PHAGIN./E. 



for a similar purpose. Berries, the fruits of the wild figs, and the juice that exudes from wounds in trees, are also stated 

 to form a portion of their subsistence. They are often observed in small parties on the upper branches, from which 

 they cling and hang in numerous graceful positions, while seeking their food ; whilst thus engaged, they emit a loud 

 monotonous cry. The eggs are deposited by the female of one species on the top of the domed nests of the Pomatorhini, 

 whilst others form suspended nests of a large size in the form of a cup, and composed of stringy-bark, wool, and twigs, 

 lined with grasses and fibrous roots. The eggs are usually two or three in number. 



1. T. corniculatus (Lath.) Vig. & Horsf. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Ame'r. 

 t. 24., Jard. & Selby, Illustr. Orn. pi. 133. — ■ Merops monaehus 

 Lath. White, Voy. pi. p. 190. 



2. T. bucero'ides Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 325., Less. 

 Tr. d'Ornith. t. f.2. 



3. T. argenticeps Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1839. P- 144., Voy. au Pole 

 Sud, Ois. t. 18. f.2. 



4. T. citreogularis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1836. p. 143. 



5. T. bouroensis (Quoy & Gaim.) Less. Voy. de l'Astrol. t. 8. 

 f.2. 



6. T. subcornutus Temm. Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. t. 16. f. 1. 



7. T. , Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. 1. 18. 



8. T. , Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. t. 17-f. 1. — Type of Lep- 



tornis Hombr. c§- Jaeq. (1845). 



9. T. timoriensis Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. p. 

 153. 



10. T. chrysotis Less. Voy. de la Coqu., Ois. t. 21. bis. — 

 Myzantha flaviventer Less. 



11. T. inomatus G. R. Gray. 



12. T. cyanotis (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. i. 57., Lewin. B. of 

 N. H. pi. 4. — Turdus cyaneus Lath. Lamb. Icon. ined. ii. 36., 

 Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 87- ; Merops cyanops Lath. Lamb. Icon. ined. i. 

 57., Gould, B. of Austr. pi. ; Type of Entomyza Swains. (1837). 



13. T. albipennis (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 169., Gould, B. 

 of Austr. pi. 



14. T. ? moluccensis (Gmel.) — Type of Philemon Vieill. 

 (1816). 



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October, 1846. 



