Tin- nest, which is a round cup-shaped structure about five inches in diameter, is formed of 

 grasses lined with wool and fur. The eggs are in colour yellowish-huff, spotted all 0V6T with reddish- 

 brown and grey, the spots generally forming a /.one at the larger end. 



The young are devoid of the warty excrescences which cover the face of the adults. 



The head, neck, upper part of the hack, and the chest are black ; seapularies and upper tail- 

 coverts, black, broadly margined with yellow ; primaries, black, with an oblong stripe of yellow occupying 

 the margin of the outer and portion of the inner web next the quill ; secondaries, black, with a broad 

 margin of yellow ; under surface, black, with an arrow-shaped mark of yellowish-white near the extremity 

 of each feather ; two centre' tail-feathers, black, slightly tipped with yellow : the others black at the base 

 and yellow for the remainder of their length ; bill, black ; [rides, light brown ; feet, black ; the face 

 covered by warty excrescences of a yellowish-white colour. 



Habitat : The south-eastern portion of Australia. 



GENUS LICHNOTENTHA (Cabams). 



rilHK present genus differs from nearly all the other Melvphagidd in the distinct colouring of the sexes. 

 J- It moreover possesses many singular and characteristic habits. Only one species is known, which 

 inhabits South and Western Australia. 



LICHNOTENTHA PICATA (Gould). 



PIED HONE Y-EA TER. 



principal abode of this bird is in the plains about Adelaide, where large flocks may be seen 

 continually soaring about. It also periodically visits Western Australia, arriving there generally 

 in October. Whilst flying, which it does with a very graceful motion, it utters a plaintive note, repeated 

 several times, and also a single one, which resembles greatly that of the Myzomela Nigra. On account 

 of its shy and timid nature, it is always very difficult of approach. 



The male has the head, throat, sides of the chest, back, wings, and tips of the tail-feathers, black ; 

 the wing-coverts, the base and the margins of both webs of the secondaries, the under surface and the 

 lateral tail-feathers for three-fourths of their length, pure white ; bill, bluish-grey ; irides, brown ; legs 

 and feet, bluish-grey ; the naked space and a small fleshy appendage beneath the eye, ash-grey. 



The female is light brown, each feather being darkest in the centre ; wings and tail, dark brown, 

 the former margined with bufty-white ; under surface, buffy-white, with a small streak of black near the 

 tip of each feather. 



Total length of male, 6f inches ; bill, f- inch ; wing, 3| inches ; tail, 2| inches ; tarsi, \ inch. 



Habitats : South and Western Australia. 



