196 HONEY-EATER. 



The female has the spots below the ears paler, and no black point ; 

 edges of the wings and tail yellowish green ; end of the tail greyish 

 white ; the shape of the latter a trifle forked ; the wings reach rather 

 beyond the rump. 



Inhabits New-Holland. Found about Paterson's River, and 

 Hawksbury, among the thick bushes ; fond of the berries of the 

 white cedar, and often seen on that tree in great numbers; also 

 catches flies, as well as collects honey from flowers, by means of its 

 tongue ; is a shy bird, said to have a shrill, though sweet kind of 

 whistling note, and heard at a great distance. 



55— BLACK-CHEEKED HONEY-EATER. 



Sylvia chrysops, Lid. Orn. Sup. liv. 

 Black-cheeked Warbler, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 248. 



LARGER than a Sparrow. Bill and legs dusky ; tongue bristly 

 at the end ; plumage on the upper parts reddish brown, the under 

 dusky white ; cheeks black; the eye placed in the middle ; through 

 it an irregular streak of fine yellow, passing beneath the eye, but 

 not above it ; quills margined with yellow ; chin blue grey. 



Inhabits New South Wales ; is a lively species, supposed to live 

 principally on honey, which is the case with those whose tongues 

 are jagged, or fringed at the end: this seems to coincide, in many 

 things, with the last described. 



