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17.— NEW-HOLLAND HONEY-EATER. 



Certhia novae Hollandiae, Tnd. Orn. i. 296. 

 Heoro-taire noir et blanc, Ois. dor. ii. 89. pi. 55. 

 Australasian Creeper, Shaw's Zool. viii. 226. 



New-Holland Creeper, Gen. Syn. Stip. ii. 161. White's Journ. pi. in p. 186. male. 

 in p. 297. female. Shaw's Zool. viii. 225. 



THE male of this species is seven inches long. Bill dusky, 

 with a pale tip ; nostrils covered with a membrane ; tongue ciliated ; 

 plumage in general black, streaked on the neck, back, breast, belly, 

 and sides, with white ; forehead white, passing in a streak over the 

 eye; on the jaw a patch of the same ; quills and tail fringed outwardly 

 with yellow, forming a patch on the wings ; tail rounded, the four 

 outer feathers white within at the tips; legs black. 



In some the tail feathers have very little white at the tips, and 

 such are probably young birds. 



The female has the colours less bright, with only a patch of 

 white on the cheeks; otherwise the head, neck, breast, and back, are 

 black ; belly streaked with white ; scapulars brown, ending in a 

 point half way on the back ; and the yellow on the wings and tail 

 inclines to olive. 



Inhabits New South Wales, chiefly seen in January ; known by 

 the name of Balgonera. 



A. — Sylvia canescens, Ind. Orn. i. 553. 

 Heoro-taire tachete, Ois. dor. ii. p. 91. pi, 67 ? 

 Van-Diemen's "Warbler, Gen. Syn. Sup, 187. 



Length six inches and a half. Bill black; forehead streaked 

 with white ; space over the eyes, and cheeks whitish ; back brown, 



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