HONEY-EATER. 167 



12— PALE-CHEEKED HONEY-EATER. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, yellow; 

 tongue longish, bristly at the end; hides blue; head, neck behind, 

 back and wings dusky, greenish, pale blue ; round the eye an oval 

 patch as in the last, but pale; chin, neck before, breast, and belly 

 dirty, yellowish white ; quills and tail dusky, the edges inclining to 

 blue; wings reach one-third on the tail ; legs pale brownish yellow. 



Inhabits New South Wales. — -Mr. Francillon. Said to have been 

 taken in November. This seems to be an immature bird of the 

 Graculine Species. 



13— BLUE-CHEEKED HONEY-EATER. 



Merops cyanops, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxiv. 



Blue-cheeked Bee-Eater, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 154. Shaic's Zool. viii. 171. 



LENGTH sixteen inches. Bill black, tongue bristly at the 

 end ; body above, wings, and tail brown ; top of the head, including 

 the eyes, nape, and back of the neck black ; throat, and fore part of 

 the neck the same ; but from the gape begins a streak of white, which 

 passes down on each side of the neck, dividing the black, and con- 

 tinues on the breast, and all the under parts; the eye placed in a 

 large, blue, bare patch, lengthening behind to the ears, and ending in 

 a point; in texture like soft silky leather; tail even at the end; legs 

 scaly, blue. 



Inhabits New-Holland. 



