MELIPHAGA PENICILLATA, Gould. 

 Fig. 1. 



Mel. facie plumisque auricularibus flavidis ; pone has penicilld sericed alba oriente ; corpore superior e 

 flavescenti-griseo ; pogoniis remigum externis latioribus ; corpore subtus pallide brunnescenti- 

 cinereo ; rostro pedibusque brunneis. 



Long. tot. unc. ; rostri, -J ; alee, 3 ; caudal, 3 ; tarsi, |. 



Sides of the face and ear-coverts delicate yellow ; behind the ear-coverts a small tuft of white silky 

 feathers ; upper surface rich yellowish grey ; the outer edges of the quill-feathers tinged with a richer 

 colour ; under surface light yellowish brown ; bill and feet brown. 



Meliphaga penicillata, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, interior of New South Wales. 



MELIPHAGA LEUCOTIS, Fig. 8f Horsf. 

 Fig. 2. 



Mel. corpore supra abdomineque Jlavo-olivaceis ; capite, gutture, pectoreque nigrescenti-griseis ; his 

 saturatioribus ; macula auricular i alba ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. 7i=r unc. ; rostri, J ; alee, 3 J ; caudce, 3f ; tarsi, J. 



Upper surface and abdomen yellowish olive; crown of the head grey streaked longitudinally 

 with black ; throat and chest black ; ear-feathers pure silvery white ; tips of the tail-feathers yellowish 

 white ; bill and feet black. 



Syn. Tardus leucotis, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. xliv. No. 26. 



White-eared Honey-Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 186. No. 41. 

 White-eared Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn., Suppl. vol. ii. p. 373. 



Meliphaga leucotis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 314. — Jard.and Selb. 111. Orn , 

 vol. i. pi. xxxv. fig. 2. — Temm. Man., part i. p. lxxxvii — Temm. PI. Col. 435. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



MELIPHAGA CHRYSOTIS, Lewin. 

 Fig. 3. 



Mel. corpore supra olivaceo-viridi, subtus pallidiore ; capite grisescente; macula pone plumas auricular es 

 ovaliflavd; regione periophthalmicd nigrescente, lined angustd flavescenti a rictusub oculosexcur- 

 rente ; rostro nigro ad basin aurantiaco ; tarsis brunneis. 

 Long. tot. 7 \ unc. ; rostri, 1 ; alee, 3| ; cauda, 3| ; tarsi, 1. 



Upper surface olive green ; under surface the same colour but paler ; behind the ears an oval spot 

 of fine yellow ; region of the eyes blackish ; below the eye a narrow stripe of yellow ; bill black at the 

 tip, yellow at the base ; legs brown. 



Svn. Certhia chrysotis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xxxviii. No. 16. 



Yellow-eared Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 195. No. 54. 



Meliphaga chrysotis, Lewin, Birds of New Holl., pi. v.— Vig. and Horsf. m Linn. Trans., vol. xv. 

 p. 314. 



Spot-eared Creeper, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 244. 

 Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



