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the feathers rather full, appearing crested ; body above rufous, 

 growing paler, nearly white on the rump and wings, and marked 

 with black spots, which are larger on the back and wings ; beneath 

 dusky white ; quills and tail dusky, the edges of the former pale ; 

 the shape of the latter rounded, or slightly cuneiform ; legs black. 

 Inhabits New-Holland. 



RED-EYED HONEY-EATER. 



Le Fuscalbin, Ois. dor. ii. 95. pi. 61. 

 Lunated Creeper, Shaw's Zool. viii. 224. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill five lines, black ; tongue 

 extensile, ciliated at the end ; eyes surrounded with red feathers ; 

 head and neck black ; behind the eye a broad streak of white, 

 reaching to the hindhead ; plumage above brown, beneath white ; 

 quills black. 



Inhabits New-Holland. 



66— WHITE-COLLARED HONEY-EATER. 



Heoro-taire 4 Collier blanc, Ois. dor. ii. 90. pi. 56, 

 White-collared Creeper, Shaw's Zool. viii. 237. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill and legs dusky ; tongue 



ending with a brush ; plumage above rufous brown, beneath rufous ; 



on the jaw, beneath the eye, a large patch of white ; across the breast 



another; the two outer tail feathers white from the middle to the end. 



Inhabits New-Holland. 



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