174 HONEY-EATER. 



In another specimen the forehead differed in not being white, 

 but the lore is black, passing under and a little way beyond the eye. 



In a third specimen, in the collection of Mr. H. Brogden, the 

 under wing coverts and crown are pale rufous; over the eyes a 

 white streak, bordering the black as a narrow crescent ; the tail 

 two inches long, and the wings reach on it about one third. 



A. — Length seven inches ; bill one inch, slender, black ; tongue 

 longer than the bill ; irides reddish ; crown and nape pale brown ; 

 sides of the head and all beneath white ; just beyond the base of the 

 bill a black patch, including the eye, and continuing on each side to 

 near the breast, where it ends in a point ; at some distance beyond 

 the eye the black is divided into two portions, by a narrow streak of 

 white; back, wings, and tail pale greenish brown, the feathers with 

 pale margins ; tail pretty long, a little hollowed at the end, and the 

 wings reach a trifle beyond the rump ; legs black. 



Inhabits New-Holland, said to have a whistling note, and feeds 

 both on insects and honey. 



21 —OLIVE HONEY-EATER. 



Certhia olivacea, Ind.Orn.i. 285. Lin. i. 185. Gm. Lin.i. 474. 

 Cinnyris affinis, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 166 ? 



Madagascariensis olivacea, Bris. iii. 625. Id. 8vo. ii. p. 8. 

 Soui-manga olive a gorge pourpre, Buf. v. 507. PL enl. 575. 1. fern. 

 Heoro-taire vert olive, Male, Ois. dor. ii. 101. pi. 68. Id. 102. pi. 68. fem. 

 Olive-Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 713. 



LENGTH four inches, extent six inches and a half. Bill more 

 than half an inch long, black; plumage above dull olive-green, 

 inclining to brown on the forehead and crown ; beneath grey brown ; 



