MELIPHAGA PENICILLATA, Gould. 
Fig. I. 
Mel. facie plumisque auricularibus Jlavidis ; pone has penicilld sericed alba oriente ; compare miperiore 
jlavescenti-griseo ; pogoniis reniiyum externis latioribus ; corpore sitbtks palUde brmmescenti- 
cinereo ; rostro pedibusque brunneis. 
Long. tot. 6 J line. ; rostri, alee, 3 ; caudcB, 3 ; tarsi, ^. 
Sides of the face and ear-coverts delicate yellow ; behind the ear-coverts a small tuft of white silky- 
feathers ; upper surface rich yellowish grey ; the outer edges of the quill-feathers tinged with a richer 
colour ; under surface light yellowish brown ; bill and feet brown. 
Meliphaga penicillata, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, interior of New South Wales. 
MELIPHAGA LEUCOTIS, Tig. ^ Horsf. 
Fig. 2. 
Mel. corpore supra abdomineque flavo-olivaceis ; capite, gutture, pectoreque nigrescenti-griseis ; his 
saturatioribus ; macula miricidari alba ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 
Long. tot. 7-|- unc. ; rostri, ^; aloe, 3g-; caudce, 3|| ; tarsi, |. 
Upper surface and abdomen yellowish olive ; crown of the head grey streaked longitudinally 
with black ; throat and chest black ; ear-feathers pure silvery white ; tips of the tail-feathers yellowisli 
white ; bill and feet black. 
Syn. Titrdus leucotis, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. xliv. No. 26. 
Wliite-eared Honcj/-Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 186. No. 41. 
WJiife-eared Thn/sh. Lath. Gen. Syn., Suppl. vol. ii. p. 373. 
Meliphaga leucotis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 314. — Jard. and Selb. 111. Orn , 
vol. i. pi. XXXV. fig. 2. — Temm, Man., part i. p. Ixxxvii Temm. PI. Col. 435. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
MELIPHAGA CHRYSOTIS, Lewin. 
Fig. 3. 
Mel. corpore supra olivaceo-viridi, subtits pcdlidiore ; capite grisescente ; macula poneplumas auriculares 
ovalijlavd; regione periophthalmicd nigrescente, lined angustd Jlavescentid rictusub oculosexcur- 
rente ; rostro nigra ad basin aurantiaco ; tarsis brunneis. 
Long. tot. 7^ unc. ; rostri, 1 ; alee, 3f ; caudce, 3§ ; tarsi, 1 . 
Upper surface olive green ; under surface the same colour but paler ; behind the ears an oval spot 
of fine yellow ; region of the eyes blackish ; below the eye a nari'ow stripe of yellow ; bill black at the 
tip, yellow at the base ; legs bi'own. 
Syn. Certhia chrijsotis. Lath. Lid. Orn., Supp., p. xxxviii. No. 16. 
Yellow-eared Honeij-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 195. No. 54. 
Meliphaga chrijsotis, Lewin, Birds of New Holl., pi. v. — Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. 
p. 314. 
Spot-eared Creeper, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 244. 
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales. 
