MELIPHAGIDiE. ^63 



Sp. 34. Mel. sauguinea. 



Certhia sanguinolenta. Shaw, v. viii. p. 232. — Sanguineous 

 Honey-eater. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iv.p. 201. jo/. Ixxiii. 



Sp. 35. Mel. maculata. Temm. PI. Col. 29-/. 1. 



M.E.Jlavescente-viridis, loris, regione oculari mentoqiie grlseis ; 

 strigd alba a rictu infra oculos ; regione auriculari aureo-fulvo ; 

 corpore infra fiavescente-viridoy cinereo-fasco maculata. 



Yellowish -green Honey-eater with the lores^ region of the eyes, 

 and chin grey ; a white stripe from the gape beneath the eyes ; 

 the region of the ear golden-yellow ; the body beneath yellowish- 

 green, spotted with ashy-brown. 



Length five inches and a half: the top of the 

 head, the upper parts of the body, the wings and the 

 tail, are yellowish-green : the lores, the region of the 

 eyes, and the chin, are deep-grey : a white stripe 

 begins at the angle of the beak and passes beneath 

 the eyes : the ear is covered with very bright golden- 

 yellow feathers : the feathers of the under parts of 

 the body are yellowish-green, with ashy-brown spots : 

 the beak is black, with its base reddish : the legs are 

 ash-coloured. The female has the top of the head 

 pure ash : the nape and the beak ashy-brown : the 

 under parts of the plumage whitish, varied with small 

 ashy-spots on the breast : the spot on the ears is 

 very small : in other respects she resembles the male. 



Sp. 36. Mel. reticulata. Temm. PI. Col. 29./ 2. 



M.K.oli'oaceO'cinerea pennarum marginibus viridescentibiis ; regione 

 aurium circulo Jlavicante, intus clnereo alba striato ; gula abdo' 

 mineqiie albis; corpore infra cinereo, albo lineato. 



Olive cinereous Honey-eater with the edges of the feathers 

 greenish ; the region of the ears with a yellowish circle, 

 within ashy striped with white ; the throat and abdomen white ; 

 the body beneath cinereous, lineated with white. 



