168 HONEY-EATER. 



A.— Blue-faced Honey-Sucker, Levin's N. Holland Birds, pi. 25. 



Head and neck black ; plumage above olive ; a streak of white 

 on each side to the breast, and from thence to the vent, as in the 

 former ; nostrils covered with a large membrane, the opening forwards, 

 very small ; the blue patch round the eye as in the other ; tail 

 rounded, the ends of the three or four outer feathers dusky white. 



This is chiefly met with in forests, particularly among the Blue 

 Gum trees, searching among the crevices of the bark for insects, 

 which it extracts with its long tongue, also makes use of the same 

 to obtain honey from various flowers. 



This is called by the natives Derogang. 



B. — One of these measured only eight inches and a half; differs 

 in the black at the back of the neck, coming farther down, and that 

 before being only dusky. Bill shorter, pale, with the tip black ; at 

 the nape the feathers stand out as a short crest, and are white, filling 

 up the space between the naked blue patch on each side ; the wings 

 reach beyond the base of the tail. This is also called Derogang. — 

 In another I found the feathers at the nape to be pale blue instead of 

 white. These and the two last, appear to be allied. 



14.—WHITE-NAPED HONEY-EATER. 



LENGTH from five to six inches. Bill, head, and sides of the 

 neck black ; tongue long, fringed at the end; across the nape a white 

 band ; the rest of the upper parts and tail olive-green ; wings olive- 

 brown ; all beneath from the chin white ; over and behind the eye a 

 crimson, granulated spot, half surrounding it ; legs pale brown. 



