MELIPHAGA AUSTRALASIANA, Vig. Sf Horsf. 



Male.— Fig. 1. 



Mas. Mel. capite, dor so, uropygio et lateribus cinerascenti-fuliginosis ; strigd superciliari, gutture, ab 

 domineque medio albis ; pectore utrinque lined semilunari nigra ornato ; alis fuscis, remigum po- 

 goniis externis flavis ; caudd nigra, rectricibus ad basin externe Jlavis et ad apicem interne albis, 

 intermediis quatuor exceptis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Fcem. A mare differt, plumis minus Icete tinctis fascidque pectorali obscuriori. 

 Long. tot. 6 1 unc; rostri, }; alee, 2 J ; caudes, 2|; tarsi, f. 



Male. Crown of the head, ear-coverts, back, rump, and flanks sooty grey ; stripe over the eye, lower 

 part of the throat, and centre of the abdomen white ; on each side of the chest a semilunated mark of 

 black ; wings dark brown, the external edges of the primaries and secondaries bright yellow ; tail 

 black, the external edges of the feathers at the base bright yellow ; all the feathers, except the four 

 middle ones, tipped with white on their inner webs ; bill and feet black. 



Female. Differs from the male in having a dull plumage and a much more obscure style of marking. 



Syn. Certhia Australasiana, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 226. 



L Heoro-taire noir et blanc ? Vieill. Ois. dor., torn. ii. p. 89. pi. 55. 

 Meliphaga Australasiana, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 313. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



MELIPHAGA SERICEA, Gould. 

 Male.— Fig. 2. 



Mel. summo capite, guld, et regione circa oculos nigris ; strigd frontali alba supra oculos tendenti ; pe- 

 nicilld pilosd alba genas auresque tegenti ; dorso brunnescenti-cinereo, longitudinaliter nigro stri- 

 ato ; corpore subtus albo singulis plumis in medio longitudinaliter nigris ; alis brunnescenti- 

 nigris, pogoniis remigum externis Icete flavidis ; rectricibus caudal brunneis, pogoniis ad marginem 

 flavescentibus ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 

 Long. tot. unc; rostri, J; alcB, 2|; caudce, 2f ; tarsi, f. 



Crown of the head, throat, and space round the eye black ; an obscure band of white crosses the 

 forehead and passes over each eye ; a beautiful plume of hair-like white feathers spreads over the cheeks 

 and ear-coverts; back dusky brown, striped longitudinally with black; under surface white, each feather 

 having a central longitudinal mark of black ; wings dark brown, the outer edge of all the primaries and 

 secondaries bright yellow ; tail dark brown, the external edges having a slight tinge of yellow ; feet 

 and bill black. 



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

 Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



MELIPHAGA NOViE-HOLLANDI^E, Vig. 8s Horsf. 



Male.— Fig. 3, 



Mel. capite summo genisque nigris, plumis minimis albis in fronte circa basin mandibulcB superioris ; 

 strigd superciliari et mystacibus ad basin mandibulcB inferioris albis ; plumis gularibus setosis al- 

 bis; corpore supra nigrescenti-brunneo ; alis nigris, pogoniis externis remigum Icete flavidis ; caudd 

 rotundatd nigrescenti-brunned, flavido lavatd et ad apicem albo interne notatd, rectricibus duabus 

 intermediis exceptis ; corpore subtus albescenti-griseo, longitudinaliter nigro striato ; rostro nigro ; 

 pedibus brimneis. 

 Long. tot. 6| unc; rostri, 1 ; alee, 3 ; caudce, 3f ; tarsi, §. 



Top of the head and cheeks black, with minute white feathers on the forehead round the base of 

 the upper mandible ; a superciliary stripe and a moustache at the base of the upper mandible white ; 

 feathers on the throat white and bristle-like; upper surface brownish black; wings black, the outer 

 edges of the quills tinged with beautiful yellow ; tail rounded and brownish black, tinged with yellow; 

 under surface white, striped longitudinally with black ; bill black ; feet brown. 



Syn. Certhia Novce-Hollandicc, Lath. Ind. On., p. 296. no. 49. 



New Holland Creeper, White's Journ., pi. in p. 186.— Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 171. no. 1 /. 



L Heoro-taire tachete, Vieill. Ois. dor., torn. ii. p. 91. pi. 57. 



Melliphaga Novee-HollandicB, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 311. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New Holland. 



