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round the eyes whitish ; quills and tail brown, with an olive-green 

 tinge ; the two outer feathers white at the ends ; legs pale brown. 



Inhabits Madagascar, and Java. Individuals found in the last 

 named place, are olive, variegated beneath with dull brownish grey ; 

 outer tail feathers white at the ends. So far the description of both 

 agree ; but Dr. Horsfield says, that the specimens found in Java are 

 longer than those of Madagascar by three inches, and they want 

 the white orbits. We place it in this Genus on the authority of the 

 Oiseaux dorees, never having had the opportunity of examining 

 the tongue. 



22 —IGNOBLE HONEY-EATER. 



Certhia ignobilis, Ind. Orn. i. 294. Mus. Carls, iii. t. 5G, 



Philedon, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal, lxxxvii. 



Ignoble Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 160. Shaw's Zool. viii. 264. 



SIZE of a Starling; length eight inches. Bill yellowish ; plu- 

 mage above sooty brown ; wings brown, with black shafts ; body 

 beneath ash-colour, with elliptical white spots; tail and legs black. 



The native place is omitted in the Museum Carlsonianum ; but 

 Dr. Sparrman informed me, that he believed that Count Carlson had 

 it from New-Holland. The shape of the tongue is not mentioned. 



23— BLACK-HEADED HONEY-EATER. 



Cerlhia atricapilla, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxv.ii. 



Soui-manga a front et joues noires, Ois. dor. ii. 120. 



Philedon, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxxxvii. 



Black-headed Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 167. Shaw's Zool. viii. 262. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill a trifle bent, and black ; tongue 

 longer than the bill, and bristly at the end ; from the base of the 



