MELIPHAGA AUSTRALASIANA, Vig. Horsf. 
Male— Fig. 1. 
Mas. Mel. capite, dorso, uropygio et lateribus cinerascenti-fuliginosis ; strigd superciliari, gutture, ah- 
domineque, medio alhis ; jjecfore titrmqiie lined semilunari nigra ornato ; alis fuscis, remigum po- 
goniis externis Jlavis ; caudd nigra, rectricibiis ad basin externe jiavis et ad apicem interne albis, 
intermediis quatuor exceptis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 
FcEM. A mare differt, plumis minus Icete tinctis fascidque pectorali obscuriori. 
Long. tot. 6\ unc; rostri, |; ala, 2| ; caudm, 2|; tarsi, |. 
Male. Crown of the head, ear-coverts, back, rump, and flanks sooty grey ; stripe over the eye, lower 
part of the throat, and centre of tlie abdomen ^^'hite ; on each side of the chest a semikmated mark of 
black ; wings dark brown, the external edges of the primaries and secondai'ies bright yellow ; tail 
black, the external edges of the feathers at the base bright yellow ; all the feathers, except the four 
middle ones, tipped with white on their inner webs ; bill and feet black. 
Female. Differs from the male in having a dull plumage and a much more obscure style of marking. 
Syn. Certhia Australasiana, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 226. 
L Heoro-taire noir et blanc ? Vieill. Ois. dor., tom. ii. p. 89. pi. 55. 
Meliphaga Australasiana, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 313. 
Habitat. Australia : locality. New South Wales. 
MELIPHAGA SEIIICEA, Gould. 
Male.— Fig. 2. 
Mel. summo capite, g%dd, etregione circa ocidos nigris ; strigd frontali alba snpra ocidos tendenti ; pe- 
nicilld pilosd alba genas auresque tegenti ; dorso brannescenti-cinereo, longitudinaliter nigro stri- 
ata ; corpore subtiis albo singulis plirmis in medio longitudinaliter nigris; alis brunnescenti- 
nigris, pogoniis remigion externis late jlavidis ; rectricibiis cauda. brunneis, pogoniis ad marginem 
Jlavescentibus ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 
• Long. tot. 6^ unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alee, 2| ; caudcc, 21 ; tarsi, |. 
Crown of the head, throat, and space round the eye black ; an obscure band of ^\'hite crosses the 
forehead and passes over each eye ; a beautiful plume of hair-like white feathers sj^reads over the cheeks 
and ear-coverts; back dusky brown, striped longitudinally with black; under surface white, each feather 
having a central longitudinal mark of black ; wings dark brown, the outer edge of all the primaries and 
secondaries bright yellow ; tail dark brown, the external edges having a slight tinge of yellow ; feet 
and bill black. 
Meliphaga. sericea, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Fail V., 1837. 
Habitat. Australia : locality. New South Wales. 
MELIPHAGA NOV.E-IIOLLANDI.^:, Vig. % Horsf. 
Male.— Fig. 3, 
Mel. capite summo genisque nigris, plumis minimis albis in f route circa basin mandibulcc superioris ; 
strigd. superciliari et mystacibus ad basin mandibulcc inferioris albis ; plumis gularihus setosis al- 
bis; corpore supra nigrescenti-brunneo ; alis nigris, pogoniis externis remigum late jlavidis ; caudd 
rotundatd nigrescenti-brunned, Jiavido lavatd et ad apicem albo interne notatd, rectricibiis dtiabus 
intermediis excejjtis ; corpiore subtiis albescenti-griseo, longitudinaliter nigro striata ; rostro nigro ; 
pedibus brunneis. 
Long. tot. 6| unc; rostri, 1 ; alee, 3 ; caudce, 3y ; tarsi, |. 
Top of the head and cheeks black, with minute white feathers on the forehead round the base of 
the upper mandible ; a superciliary stripe and a moustache at the base of the upper mandible white ; 
feathers . on the throat white and bristle-like; upper surface brownish black ; wings black, the outer 
edges of the quills tinged with beautiful yellow ; tail rounded and brownish black, tinged with yellow; 
under surface white, striped longitudinally with black ; bill black ; feet brown. 
Syn. Certliia Nova-Hollandicc, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 296. no. 49. 
New Holland Creeper, White's Journ., pi. in p. 186. — Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 171. no. 17. 
U Heoro-taire tachefe, Vieill. Ois. dor., tom. ii. p. 91. pi. 57. 
/ Melliphaga Novce-HoUandice, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 311. 
Habitat. Australia: locality, New Holland. 
