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MELISSEUS. — MELITHRE PTUS . 
Yersicolor [Australia septentr. 
Ptilotis versicolor Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842. X. 136; Birds Australia 
IV. Tb. 34. 
Doorum doorum. Gol b'o ort. Mambum. 
virescens [Lombock. 
Ptilotis virescens Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863. 494. 
MELISSEUS Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1841. X. 29. = Dicrourus Vieill. 
Synon.: Bhringa Hodgs. 
aeneus Blyth, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1842. XI. 801. == Dicrourus aeneus 
Vieill. 
musipetoides Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1841. X. 29. = Dicrourus 
aeneus Vieill. 
remifer Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 84. = Dicrourus remifer Horsf. 
MELISYMPOTES Reiciienbach, natürl. Syst. ■=== Meliphaga australasiana Vio. 
MEWTHREPTUS (Meliphagidae. — [isX mel, Tpscpo edere). — Vieillot, 
Analyse 1816; Encycl. méth. 601. — Gray, Genera Birds 1846. I. 128. 
Sy7W7i.: Haematops, Plectorhynchus Gould. — Gymnophrys, Eidopsaris Swains. — 
Plectrorhyncha Wiegm. — Plectorhamphus Gray. — Entomiza Selby. — Plectrorhamphus 
Strickl. — Idopsaris Agass. — Melithreptes Swains. 
Bill rather short and very acute, with the culmen and lateral margins gra- 
dually curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is very acute and slightly 
emarginated at a little distance from the tip; the gonys long and slightly curved; the 
nostrils basal and placed in a broad groove with the opening closed by a large 
membranous scale. Wings moderate, the first quill short, the second shorter than 
the third, which is nearly equal to the fourth and fifth, these are equal and long- 
est. Tail moderate and emarginate. Tarsi rather longer than the middle toe, 
strong and covered with divided scale. Toes rather short , with the outer toe rather 
longer than the inner and united at the base, the hind toe long and strong; the 
claws moderate, curved and acute. — 8 Specc. 
affinis Gray, Genera Birds I. 128. = Melithreptus agilis Vieill. 
agilis Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 607. [Nova Hollandia. Tasmania. 
Certhia agilis Latham, Lamb. Icon. ined. II. 44. 
Eidopsarus affinis Lesson, Revue Zool. 1839. 167. 
Haematops atricapilla Jardine et Selby, Illustr. Ornith. Tb. 134. Fig. 1. 
Melithreptus melanocephalus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. 62; Birds Australia 
IV. Tb. 75. 
Melithreptus affinis, Glyciphila agilis Gray, Genera Birds I. 118. 128. 
Haematops melanocephalus Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1854. XXXVIII. 264. 
albicapillus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 606. — Australasia. 
albicollis Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 603. — Australasia. 
albigularis Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 74. [Australia. Nova Guinea. 
Haematops albigularis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1854. XXXVIII. 264. 
ater Vieillot, Oiseaux dor. Tb. 71. == Meliphaga sericea Gould. 
brevirostris Gray, Genera Birds I. 128. [New Sud Wales. 
Meliphaga brevirostris Vigors et Horsfield, Transact. Linn. Soc. 1826. XV. 
315. 
Lung" 1 leer. 
canescens Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 602. = Colluriocincla harmonica Gould. 
cardinalis Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 604. == Myzomela cardinalis Vig. 
cliloropsis Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 73. [Australia occid. 
Jin gi. Bun gin. Ber ril ber fil. 
coerulescens Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 602. = Zoster ops coerulescens Bonap. 
collaris Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 603; Oiseaux dor. II. 90. Tb. 56. — Australia. 
cucullatus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 605. = Myzomela tenuirostris Vig. 
dibaphus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 606. = Myzomela sanguinolenta Gould. 
erythropygius Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 603. = Myzomela sanguinolenta Gould. 
flavicans Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 604. — Australia. 
