MELIPHAGA CHRYSOPS, Vig. # Horsf. 



Fig. 1. 



3fel. summo capite, nucha, corpore supra, alis, cauddque saturate brunneis olivaceo pallide tinctis ; guld 

 corporeque subtus cano-fuscis ; lined angustd nigra a rostro ad oculum excurrente ; infra earn lined 

 lata flavd ad auriculam extendente, subtus earn lined altera nigra magnitudine preccedentis ; punctd 

 flavd super oculum, macula altera parvd alba pone auriculas ; rostro nigrescente ; pedibus fuscis. 



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



Crown of the head, back of the neck, all the upper surface, wings, and tail dark brown with a slight 

 tinge of olive ; throat and under surface dark greyish brown, the latter colour predominating on the 

 chest; a fine line of black runs from the nostrils through the eye, this black line is bounded below by 

 a stripe of yellow which runs under the eye and over the ear-coverts, and below this runs another 

 parallel line of black, which commences at the base of the lower mandible and extends beyond the line 

 of the ear-coverts ; immediately above the eye behind is a small spot of yellow, and behind the ear- 

 coverts a like spot of white ; bill blackish brown ; feet brown. 



Syn. Sylvia chrysops, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. liv. No. 5. 



Black-cheeked Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., vol. ii. p. 248. — Id. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 196- 

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

 Orn., vol. i. pi. xxxv. fig. 1. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



MELIPHAGA AURICOMIS, Swains. 

 Fig. 2. 



Mel. summo capite et guld olivaceo-flavis ; vittd lata nigra a rostro oriente per oculum ambiente et pone 

 auriculas extendente ; lateribus colli plumisque elongatis pone auriculas Icete Jlavis ; corpore supe- 

 rior e, alis, cauddque saturate brunneis olivaceo tinctis, hoc colore in partibus inferior ibus clilutiore ; 

 rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. 7 unc. ; rostri, j ; alee, 3 ; caudce, 3^ ; tarsi, f . 



Crown of the head and throat rich olive yellow ; a black line commences at the base of the bill, sur- 

 rounds the eye, and extends over the ear-coverts ; behind the ears springs a lengthened tuft of rich 

 orange -coloured feathers ; upper surface, wings, and tail dark brown with a tinge of olive ; chest and 

 under surface olive brown ; bill and feet black. 



Syn. Muscicapa auricomis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xlix. No. 1. — Shaw, Zool., vol. x. p. 354. 

 L' Heoro-taire a oreilles jaunes, Vieill. Ois. dor., torn. ii. p. 123. pi. 85. 

 Tufted-eared Creeper, Certhia auriculata, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 236. 

 Yellow-tufted Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., vol. ii. p. 215. 

 Tufted-eared Honey-Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 197. No. 56. 



Meliphaga auricomis, Swains. Zool. 111., 1st Ser., pi. 43. — Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., 

 vol. xv. p. 315. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



MELIPHAGA FUSCA, Gould. 



Mel. corpore supra cano-fusco olivaceo tincto ; lined parvd nigra circa oculum. ambiente; plamis 

 auricularibus nigro fuscis, post eas linea transversa flava ; guld, pectore coiporeque subtiis fusco 

 cinerascentibus ; rostro ad basin livido ad apicem nigro ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. 6J unc. ; rostri, | ; alee, 3^ ; caudce, 2| ; tarsi, J. 



The whole of the upper surface greyish brown with a tinge of olive ; a very fine ring of black fea- 

 thers surrounds the eye ; ear-coverts blackish brown ; behind the ear a small patch of yellow : throat, 

 chest, and under surface light greyish brown ; bill flesh colour at the base and black at the tip ; feet 

 brown. 



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



Remark. Although I have published this bird as a distinct species, further research may prove it to 

 be either the female or a young bird of some other species ; probably of Meliphaga chrysops. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



