MELIPHAGA CIIRYSOPS, Pig. c^- Horsf. 
Fig. 1. 
Mel. sunimo capite, nucha, corpore svpra, alis, cauddque saturate brunvcis olivaceo pallide tinctis ; guld 
corporeque suhtus cano-fuscis ; lined angustd nigra d rostro ad ocidum excurrentc ; infra earn lined 
latdflavd ad auriculam extendente, suhtus earn lined alterd nigrd niagnitudine pracedcntis ; pvnctd 
flavd super oculum, macula alterd parvd alhd pone auriculas ; rostro nigrescente ; pedihus fuscis. 
Long. tot. 6^ unc, ; rostri, f ; alee, 3^ ; caudce, 3 ; tarsi, |. 
Crown of the head, back of the neck, all the upper surface, wings, and tail dark brown with a slight 
tinge of olive ; throat and under surface dark greyish brown, the latter colour predominating on the 
chest; a fine line of black runs from the nostrils through the eye, this black line is bounded below by 
a stripe of yellow -which runs under the eye and over the ear-coverts, and below this runs another 
parallel line of black, which commences at the base of the lower mandible and extends beyond the line 
of the ear-coverts ; immediately above the eye behind is a small spot of yellow, and behind the ear- 
coverts a like spot of white ; bill blackish brown ; feet brown. 
Syn. Sylvia c/iri/sops. Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. liv. No. 5. 
Black-cheeked Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., vol. ii. p. 24'8. — Id. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 1 96. 
Meliphaga chrysops, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 315. — Jard. and Selb. 111. 
Orn., vol. i. pi. xxxv. fig. 1 . 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
MELIPHAGA AURICOMIS, Swains. 
Fig. 2. 
Mel. summo capite et guld olivaceo-jlavis ; vittd. latd nigrd a rostro oriente per oculum amhiente et pone 
auriculas extendente ; laterihus colli plnmisque elongatis jwne auriculas Icete jlavis ; corpjore supe- 
riore, alis, cauddque saturate brunneis olivaceo tinctis, hoc colore in partibus inferioribus dilutiore ; 
rostro pedib usque nigris. 
Long. tot. 7 unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alcB, 3 ; cauda, 3 j ; tarsi, |. 
Crown of the head and throat rich olive yellow ; a black line commences at the base of the bill, sur- 
rounds the eye, and extends over the ear-coverts ; behind the ears springs a lengthened tuft of rich 
orange-coloured feathers ; upper surface, wings, and tail dark brown with a tinge of olive ; chest and 
under surface olive brown ; bill and feet black. 
Syn. Muscicapa aui-icomis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xlix. No. L — Shaw, Zool., vol. x. p. 354'. 
U Heoro-taire a oreilles jaiines, Vieill. Ois. dor., tom. ii. p. 123. pi. 85. 
Tufted-eared Creeper, Certhia aiiricidata, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 236. 
Yelloto-tufted Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., vol. ii. p. 215. 
Tufted-eared Honey-Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 197. No. 56. 
Meliphaga auricomis, Swains. Zool. 111., 1st Ser., pi. 43. — Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., 
vol. xv. p. 315. 
Habitat. Australia : locality. New South Wales. 
MELIPHAGA FUSCA, Gould. 
Fig. 3. 
Mel. corpore supra cano-f usco olivaceo tincto ; lined parvd nigrd circa oculum amhiente ; plnmis 
auricularibus nigro-fuscis, post eas linea transversa flava ; guld, pectore corporeque subtiis fusco 
cinerascentibus ; rostro ad basin livido ad apicem nigro ; pedibus fuscis. 
Long. tot. 6^ unc. ; rostri, ; ala;, S\ ; cauda, 2| ; tarsi, |. 
The whole of the upper surface greyish brown with a tinge of olive ; a very fine ring of black fea- 
thers surrounds the eye ; ear-coverts blackish brown ; behind the ear a small patch of yellow ; throat, 
chest, and under surface light greyish brown ; bill fiesh colour at the base and black at the tip ; feet 
brown. 
Meliphaga fusca, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 
Remark. Although I have published this bird as a distinct species, fiirtlier research may prove it to 
be either the female or a young bird of some other species ; probably of Meliphaga chrysops. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
