HiEMATOPS LUNULATUS. 
Male.— Fig. 1. 
Mas. Ham. corpore supra viridi-olivaceo ; capite genaque nigris ; lunula nuchali corporeque subtus 
albis, orbitis nudis rvbris ; rostro jyedibusque nigris. 
FcEM. vel Mas jun.? Obscurior, capife /taud nigro ut in mare adulto, at solummodo brunnescenti- 
griseo ; vittd nuchali fere obsoletd. 
Long. tot. 5 unc. ; rostri, \ ; alee, 2f ; caudce, 2^ ; tarsi, |. 
Male. Upjier surface greenish olive ; head and neck black ; under surface and a crescent-shaped 
mark at the back of the liead white ; orbits naked and of a bright red ; bill and feet black. 
Female or Young Male? Has the general plumage much more obscure, and the head, instead of 
being pure glossy black witli a distinct band of white, is brownish grey with only a faint indication 
of the occipital band. 
Syn. Certhia lunulata, ShaM', Zool., vol. viii. p. 224. 
/ Lc Fuscalbin, Vieill. Ois. dor., tom. ii. p. 95. pi. lxi. 
Red-eyed Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 203. no. 65. 
Meliphaga luimlata, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 315. — Jard. & Selb. 111. Orn., 
vol. iii. pi. cxxxiv. fig. 11. 
Black-crowned Honey -siicher, LcM-in, Birds of New. Holl., pi. xxiv. 
Meliphaga atricapilla, Temm. PI. Col. 335. fig. I. 
Meliphaga torquata, Swains. Zool. 111., 1st Ser., pi. cxvi. 
Habitat. Australia : locality. New Soutli Wales. 
IIi5:MAT0PS VALIDIROSTRIS, Gould. 
Male.— Fig. 2. 
Ham. summo captite splendide nigro, vittd occipitali alhd jjone oculos orienti ; jAumis auricularibus, 
mento, et nuchd nigris ; summo corpore olivaceo, griseo lavato ; uropygio, rectricumque pogoniis 
externis latioribus ; alis brunneis, olivaceo leviier tinctis ; guld alhd ; corpore siibtiis brunnescenti- 
griseo ; rostro nigro, et ad apicem depressiusculo ; pedibus carnosis. 
Long. tot. 6| unc. ; rostri, | ; ala, 3-^ ; cauda, 3 ; tarsi, 
Crown of the head jet black, with an occipital band of v/hite terminating at each eye; ear-coverts, 
chin, and back of the neck black ; all the upper surface greyish olive, becoming brigliter on the rump 
and external edges of the tail-feathers ; wings brown, with a slight tinge of olive ; throat pure white ; 
under surface brownish grey ; bill black ; feet flesh-colour. 
Hamatops validirostris, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837, witli Gen. Char. 
Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 
H^MATOPS GULARIS, Gould. 
Male.— Fig. 3. 
Ham. summo capite nigro, vittd occipitali albd pone oculos orienti ; plumis auricularibus et nuchd ni- 
gris ; dorso et uropygio aurato-olivaceis ; alis canddque brunneis ; guld cinerascenti-albd, strigd 
rdgrd per mediant jiartem tendenti ; corpore subtus cinerascenti-brunneo ; rostro nigro ; pedibus 
pallide bru7ineis. 
Long. tot. 6 unc. ; rostri, |- ; ala, 3f ; cauda, 2| ; fcasi, J. 
Crown of the head black, an occipital band of white terminating at each eye ; ear-coverts and back 
of the neck black ; back antl rump golden olive ; wings and tail brown ; throat greyish white, with a 
central stripe of black ; under surface greyish brown ; bill black ; feet pale brown. 
Hamatops gularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, interior of New South Wales. 
