MELIPHAGINzE. 
Phyllornis Boie .* 
Bill rather long, and more or less strong, with the culraen curved, and the sides compressed to 
tip, which is emarginated, acute, and sometimes hooked ; the lateral margins curved and indexed , ^ 
gonys long, curved, or advancing upwards ; the nostrils basal, and placed in a membranous space, ^ 
the opening large, exposed, and anterior. Wings moderate, with the fourth, fifth, and sixth qudk<A ^ 
and longest. Tail moderate and slightly rounded. Tarsi very short, and covered in front wi 
entire scale. Toes short, with the outer longer than the inner ; the hind toe long and strong : tllC 
moderate, compressed, and acute. 
It is in the thick or lofty forests, and in the wooded cultivated ground and gardens, that the species of this g 
seen perched, in pairs or singly, on branches of a moderate height from the ground, searching both for the various 0 
and insects that abound on them, uttering at the same time a rather pleasing note, which is often answere ? ^ a 
other of the same species at a distance. They occasionally dart after insects on the wing, if they approach ' v 
short distance. 
1. P . cochinchinensis (Gmel.) PI. enl. 643. f. 3., PI. col. 484. f. 
2., Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 77, 78. — Meliphaga javensis Horsf. ; Chlo- 
ropsis molucceusis Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 33. ? 
2. P. malabarica (Lath.) PI. col. 512. — Phyllornis icteroce- 
phala Less. 
3. P. Sonneratii (Jard. & Selby), 111. Orn. pi. 100. — Phyllor- 
nis iVIulleri Temm. ; Chloropsis gampsorhynchus Jard. Sf Selby, 
111. Orn. pi. 7. ; Chi. zosterops Vigors Sf Horsf . ; Turdus viridis 
Horsf. 
4. P. aurifrons Temm. PI. col. 484. f. 1. — Chloropsis raalaba- 
ricus Jard. 8f Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 5. 
- __ Chl° r °f S ' S 
5. P . casmarhynchus Tick. Journ. S. A. B. n. 579- 
aurifrons Jerd. 
6. P. cyanopogon Temm. PI. col. 312. f. 1. 
7. P. mysticalis Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart. P- ~ rV i r osU’ s 
8. P. Hardwick ii (Jard. & Selby). — Chloropsis c jylag- 
Swains.; Ch. chrysogaster Me C/ell. ; Ch. auriventris 
de Zool. 1840. Ois. t. 1 7- ; Ch. cyanopterus llodgs. to'#' 
9. P. virens (Vieill.) Ois. dor. t. 67, 68. - — PhyU 01 
nensis Less. 
10. P. ? jala (Bodd.) PI. enl. 539- f. 2. 
Gmel. ; T. saui-jala Lath. 
Turdus 
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Tropidokhynchus Vig. Horsf. f 
• whi cl1 iS 
Bill long, broad, and elevated at the base, and much compressed on the sides to the tip, 
emarginated ; the culmen and lateral margins slightly curved, and the gonys long and nearly s 
the nostrils basal, lateral, and placed in a membranous space, with the opening anterior an * 
Winas long, with the first quill half the length of the second ; the fourth and fifth equal and 
Tail more or less long, and rounded. Tarsi robust, rather longer than the middle toe, ana . . ^ 
front with broad scales. Toes moderate and strong, with the outer toe longer than the 111 ^ 
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11 Ull L) VVJLL'JUL k/ivjci-vi- ccuicu. O' f'S'Q 
united at its base ; the hind too long and very strong : the claws moderate, compressed, and cu 
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These birds are found in most parts of Australia and New Guinea. They are usually seen on the val '^ ueU t ^ 
flowers of which are searched for the purpose of extracting the pollen, and for the insects which usually r 
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* M. Boie established this division. Chloropsis of Sir W. Jardine and Mr. Selby is coequal. Vntoiny^ 011 
+ It was in 1826 that Vigors and Dr. Horsfield established this genus (Linn. Trans, xv. p. 323.). It embraces jg). 
Entomyza (1837) of Mr. Swainson, and probably Leptornis of MM. Hombron and Jacquinot, and Philemon of Vieiuo 
