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MELIPHAGID^.. 



Sp. 9. Mel. cyanops. 



Merops cyanops. Shaw, v. viii. jo. 171. — Gracula cyanotis. 

 Shatv, V. vii. p. 474. — Blue-faced Honey-sucker. Letv. New Hol- 

 land Birds, pi. 25 — New Holland. 



Sp. 10. Mel. graculina. 



Certhia graculina. Shaw, v. viii. p. 242. — New Holland. 



Sp. 11. Mel. phrygia. 



Merops phrygius. Shaw, v. viii. p. 1 67. pi. 20. — New Holland. 



Sp. 12. Mel. Moluccensis. 



Merops Moluccensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. \, 276. 

 Mel. gri.sea subtus pallidior, orbitis nudis ; genis nigris; collo 



postice torque albo. 

 Grey Honey-eater beneath paler, with the orbits naked; the 



cheeks black ; the neck behind with a white ring. 

 Molucca Honey-eater. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iv. p. 190. — Le Po- 



lochion. BuJ". Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. 477. 



Inhabits the Moluccas. Length fourtefen inches : 

 beak very pointed, two inches long, and blackish : 

 eyes surrounded by a naked skin : cheeks black : 

 hind part of the neck ringed with white : the feathers 

 of the forehead form an angle backwards ; tips of 

 some of those on the throat silky : general colour of 

 the plumage grey, lighter beneath : tail five inches 

 and two thirds long ; composed of twelve feathers, all 

 equal in length, except the outer ones, which are a 

 trifle shorter : legs dusky ; the outer toe joined to 

 the middle one at the base ; hind claw longer than 

 the others. : 



Sp 13. Mel. lunata. 



Certhia lunata. Shatv, v. viii. p. 224. — New Holland. 

 Sp. 14. Mel. torquata. Swain. Zool. Illust. v. i\. pi. 129. 

 Me. olivaceo-Juha infra alba; capite auribusque nigris; torque 



nuchali lunato albo; superciliorum cute rubrd. 



