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the species I have named A. diihius, which, as will be seen, I had made synonymous with A. tenuirostris, but which 
I am now inclined to consider distinct, an opinion in Avhich Mr. Blyth coincides. 
313. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris ............ Vol. IV. PI. 61. 
314. Acanthorhynchus dubius, Gould. 
315. Acanthorh3Tichus superciliosus, Gould . . . . . . . . . " . Vol. IV. PL 62. 
Genus Myzomela, Ft£\ Sf Horsf. 
Five well-marked species of this genus are distributed over Australia ; numerous others are found in New 
Guinea and the neighbouring islands ; the form also occurs in the Polynesian Islands, but is not found in Van 
Diemen's Land. 
316. Myzomela sanguineolenta . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. IV. PI. 63. 
317. Myzomela erythrocephala, Gould ........... Vol. IV. PL 64. 
318. Myzomela pectoralis, Gow/c? . . . . . VoL IV. PL 65. 
319. Myzomela nigra, Gould Vol. IV. PL 66. 
320. Myzomela obscura, Gom/c? . . . . . VoL IV. PL 67. 
Genus Entomyza, Swains. 
Two species of this well-defined genus are comprised in the Australian fauna, one of which inhabits the south- 
eastern parts of the country, or New South Wales ; the other, which so far as we yet know is strictly confined to 
the north-eastern coast, is very plentiful at Port Essington and in the neighbouring districts. 
The form appears to be confined to Australia, for I have never seen it from any other country. 
321. Entomyza cyanotis . . . . . . . . . . • . . . VoL IV. PL 68. 
This bird has the habit — a somewhat remarkable one among the Honey-eaters — of selecting the nest of Poma- 
torhinus temporalis for the reception of its eggs. 
322. Entomyza albipennis, Gould . . . . . . . .. . . . . Vol. IV. PL 69. 
Genus Melithreptus, Vieill. 
No one group of birds is more universally distributed over Australia than the Melithrepti, for their range 
extends from Van Diemen's Land on the south to the most northern part of the continent ; and they are equally 
numerous from east to west, each part of country being inhabited by a species peculiarly its own. The Eucalypti 
are the trees upon which they are almost exclusively found. I believe the form is unknown out of Australia. 
323. Melithreptus validirostris, Gould Vol. IV. PL 70. 
324. Melithreptus gularis, Gould Vol. IV. PL 71. 
325. Melithreptus lunulatus Vol. IV. PL 72. 
326. Melithreptus chloropsis, Gould . . . . Vol. IV. PL 73. 
327. Melithreptus albogularis, Gould Vol, IV. PL 74. 
328. Melithreptus raelanocephalus, Gould . . . . . . . . , . Vol. IV. PL 75, 
Certhia agilis, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. iv. p. 204. 
