H^MATOPS LUNULATUS. 

 Male.— Fig. 1. 



Mas. Hcem. corpore supra viridi-olivaceo ; capite gendque nigris ; lunula nuchali corporeque subtus 



albis, orbitis nudis rubris ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 

 Fcem. vel Mas jun.? Obscurior, capite haud nigro ut in mare adulto, at solummodd brunnescenti- 



griseo ; vittd nuchali fere obsoletd. 



Long. tot. 5 unc. ; rostri, \ ; alee, 2§ ; caudce, 2J ; tarsi, J. 



Male. Upper surface greenish olive ; head and neck black ; under surface and a crescent-shaped 

 mark at the back of the head white ; orbits naked and of a bright red ; bill and feet black. 



Female or Young Male? Has the general plumage much more obscure, and the head, instead of 

 being pure glossy black with a distinct band of white, is brownish grey with only a faint indication 

 of the occipital band. 



Syn. Certhia lunulata, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 224. 



Le Fuscalbin, Vieill. Ois. dor., torn. ii. p. 95. pi. lxi. 

 Red-eyed Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 203. no. 65. 



Meliphaga lunulata, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 315. — Jard. & Selb. 111. Orn., 



vol. iii. pi. cxxxiv. fig. II. 

 Black-crowned Honey -sucker, Lewin, Birds of New. Holl., pi. xxiv. 

 Meliphaga atricapilla, Temm. PL Col. 335. fig. 1. 

 Meliphaga torquata, Swains. Zool. Ill, 1st Ser., pi. cxvi. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



II/EMATOPS VALIDIROSTRIS, Gould. 

 Male.— Fig. 2. 



Hcem. summo capite splendide nigro, vittd occipitali alba pone oculos orienti ; plumis auricularibus, 

 mento, et nucha nigris ; summo corpore olivaceo, griseo lavato ; uropygio, rectricumque pogoniis 

 externis Icetioribus ; alis brunneis, olivaceo leviter tinctis ; guld albd ; corpore subtus brunnescenti- 

 griseo ; rostro nigro, et ad apicem depressiusculo ; pedibus carnosis. 



Long. tot. 6| unc. ; rostri, f ; alee, 3| ; caudcB, 3 ; tarsi, J. 



Crown of the head jet black, with an occipital band of white terminating at each eye; ear-coverts, 

 chin, and back of the neck black; all the upper surface greyish olive, becoming brighter on the rump 

 and external edges of the tail-feathers ; wings brown, with a slight tinge of olive ; throat pure white ; 

 under surface brownish grey ; bill black ; feet flesh-colour. 



Haimatops validirostris, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837, with Gen. Char. 



Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 



II/EMATOPS GULARIS; Gould. 

 Male.— Fig. S. 



Hcsm. summo capite nigro, vittd occipitali albd pone oculos orienti; plumis auricularibus et nucha ni- 

 gris; dorso et uropygio aurato-olivaceis ; alis cauddque brunneis; gidd cinerascenti-alba, striga 

 nigra per mediam partem tendenti ; corpore subtus cinerascenti-brunneo ; rostro nigro ; pedibus 

 pallide brunneis. 

 Long. tot. 6 unc. ; rostri, J ; alcB, 3f ; cauda, 2| ; tarsi, |. 



Crown of the head black, an occipital band of white terminating at each eye ; ear-coverts and back 

 of the neck black ; back and rump golden olive ; wings and tail brown ; throat greyish white, with a 

 central stripe of black ; under surface greyish brown ; bill black ; feet pale brown. 



Hcematops gularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



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



