202 HONEY-EATER. 



outer edge of the wing black; the quills and tail are black, edged 

 with white. 



The female brown above ; beneath dusky white, or flesh-colour. 



Inhabits New South Wales ; common in the neighbourhood of 

 the River Nepean, among bushes and thick woods. 



63.— RED-RUMPED HONEY-EATER. 



Certhia erythropygia, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxviii. 



Red-rumped Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 169. Shaw's Zool. viii. 249. 



THIS is a small species, being little more than four inches in 

 length. Bill curved as in the Creeper, black; tongue bristly at the 

 end; plumage above pale brown, beneath dusky white ; rump crim- 

 son ; outer part of the quills, and tail dusky black ; some of the 

 outer feathers of the latter are nearly white at the ends ; legs black. 



In one specimen I observe three or four crimson spots on the chin. 



Inhabits New South Wales, but is very rare. 



64— SPOTTED HONEY-EATER. 



Heoro-taire moucliete, Ois. dor. ii. 93. pi, 59. 

 Small crested Creeper, Shaw's Zool. viii. 253. 



-i. LENGTH four inches. Bill three quarters of an inch long, and 

 black ; crown of the head, including the eyes on each side, black ; 



