HONEY-EATER. 197 



56— TUFTED-EARED HONEY-EATER. 



Muscicapa auricomis, Ind. Orn. Sup. xlix. 



Heoro-taire a Oreilles jaunes, Ois. dor. ii. 123. pi. 25. 



Tufted-eared Creeper, Shaw's Zool. viii. 236. 



Yellow-tufted Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 215. Shaw's Zool. viii. 172. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill three quarters of an 

 inch, black ; tongue bristly, and bifid at the tip ; plumage above 

 olive green ; crown, and all beneath, yellow ; from the gape, through 

 the eyes, a large patch of black ; at the base of which, on the ears, 

 is a yellow tuft, consisting of feathers longer than the rest, and which 

 may be erected at will ; quills, and tail feathers edged with yellow ; 

 the last rounded, all but the two middle ones tipped with white ; the 

 wings reach about one-third on the tail. 



Inhabits New-Holland, called Darwang ; is a common species ; 

 named by the English, Yellow-eared Flycatcher ; it feeds principally 

 on honey, which it obtains from various flowers, by means of its 

 long bristly tongue ; makes a nest on the extreme pendent branches 

 of trees, and low shrubs, and so escapes the plunder of the smaller 

 quadrupeds, which are unable to reach the nest in safety. There 

 seems much agreement in the plumage of this, and some others 

 before described, of which, on further enquiry, it may probably 

 prove only a Variety. 



57— YELLOW-WINGED HONEY-EATER. 



Certhia pyrrhoptera, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxviii, 

 Heoro-taire a Ailes jaunes, Ois. dor. ii. 128. 

 Fly catching Creeper, Shaw's Zool. viii. 262. 

 Yellow-winged Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 168. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill black ; tongue bristly ; head, neck, 

 and back pale slate-colour, inclining to yellow on the rump ; beneath 



