ANTIIOCHiERA MELLIVORA, Fig. # Horsf. 



Fig. 1. 



Anth. corpore superiore intense brunneo, singulis plumis in medio lined anyustd alba notatis ; 

 remigum pogoniis internis per tres longitudinis basalis partes castaneis, ad apicem brunneis pogoniis 

 extends notd apicali alba ; secundariis, alis tectricibusque caudm cinerascenti-brunneis ad apicem 

 albis ; caudd nigrescenti-brunned, olivaceo lavatd, et ad apicem alba ; rectricibus gradatis ; plumis 

 gularibus, pectoralibusque ad basin nigrescenti-brunneis et ad apicem albis ; plumis abdominalibus 

 brunneis in medio lined longitudinali alba notatis ; rostro pedibusque nigrescenti-brunneis. 



Long. tot. 1 11 unc. ; rostri, 1^ ; aim, 5 J ; cauda, 5^ ; tarsi, 1^. 



All the upper surface dark brown, each feather marked down the centre with a minute line of 

 white ; primaries chestnut brown on the internal webs for three parts of their length from the base ; 

 outer webs and remainder of the inner brown, each feather slightly tipped with white ; secondaries, 

 wings and tail-coverts greyish brown tipped with white ; tail blackish brown with a tinge of olive 

 much graduated, and all the feathers tipped with white ; feathers of the throat and chest blackish 

 brown at the base and white at the tip ; feathers of the breast and under surface brown largely 

 striped down their centres with white ; bill and feet blackish brown. 



Syn. Certhia mellivora, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp., p. xxxvii. No. 8. 



Mellivorous Honey-Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 161. no. 5. 

 Antkochcera mellivora, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 321. 

 Mellivorous Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. ii. p. 166. 

 Wattled Bee-eater, female, White's Journ., pi. in p. 240. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



ANTHOCHiERA CARUNCULATA, Fig. $ Horsf, 



Fig. 2. 



Anth. summo capite et nucha nigra atque grised striatis, singulis plumis nigris, marginibus griseis ; 

 dor so humerisque fuscis, singulis plumis in medio subflavidis ; alis nigrescenti-brunneis, remigum 

 pogoniis externis late griseo marginatis et ad apicem albis ; caudd gradatd ; tectricibus cauda nec 

 non rectricibus duabus intermediis griseis, rectricibus reliquiis nigrescenti-brunneis, omnibusque ad 

 apicem albis ; carunculd aurantiacd lateribus colli ; guld, pectore lateribusque griseis, singulis plumis 

 in medio nigrescenti-brunneis ; abdomine late flavido ; rostro nigro ; pedibus subflavidis. 

 Long. tot. 18 unc. ; rostri, 1^ ; alee, 7 ; cauda, 10 ; tarsi, If. 



Crown of the head and back of the neck striped with black and grey, the centre of each 

 feather being black and its external edges grey ; back and shoulders dusky brown, the shaft of each 

 feather buffy white ; wings deep blackish brown, the external margins of the primaries slightly, and 

 the secondaries broadly fringed with grey ; tips of all the primaries white ; tail much graduated ; the 

 upper tail-coverts and two middle tail-feathers grey, the remainder blackish brown, and the whole 

 tipped with white ; on each side of the neck a pendulous wattle of a rich orange colour ; throat, breast, 

 and flanks grey, 'each feather having a central mark of blackish brown, which is much enlarged on 

 the lower part of the breast ; centre of the abdomen rich yellow ; bill black ; feet and legs light yellow. 



Syn. Merops carunculatus, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 276. no. 20. 

 Corvus paradoxus, Id. Ib., Supp., p. xxvi. no. 10. 



Pie a pendeloques, Daud. Traite d'Orn., torn. ii. p. 246. pi. xvi. no. xxx. 



Wattled Bee-eater, White's Journ., pi. in p. 144. Male. 



Wattled Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 154. no. 3. 



Creadion carunculatus, Vieill. Gal. des Ois., torn. i. pi. 94. 

 Anthochoira carunculata, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 521. 



Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 



ANTIIOCH/EIIA LEWINII, Fig. $ Horsf. 

 Fig. 3. 



Anth. corpore superiore fusco, singulis plumis lined centrali albd ; remigum pogoniis internis per 

 longitudinis partes castaneis, ad apicem brunneis, pogoniis externis brunneis ; ad apicem albis ; 

 tectricibusque caudce cinerascenti-brunneis, apicibus albis; caudd gradatd nigrescenti-brunnea, 



