MELIPHAGINiE. 
for • 
to f S1Iailar purpose. Berries, the fruits of the wild figs, and the juice that exudes from wounds in trees, are also stated 
t!i ° lm a portion of their subsistence. They are often observed in small parties on the upper branches, from which 
rilQ “' c ^ n g and hang in numerous graceful positions, while seeking their food ; whilst thus engaged, they emit a loud 
^hil 11110118 CI 'y- The eggs are deposited by the female of one species on the top of the domed nests of the Pomatorhini, 
lined ^ °^ ers form suspended nests of a large size in the form of a cup, and composed of stringy-bark, wool, and twigs, 
Wl *T grasses and fibrous roots. The eggs are usually two or three in number. 
1. T 
t. 'j ornicv -latus (Lath.) Vig. & Horsf. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Amer. 
Lath u-f 1 ‘ ^ Selby, Illustr. Orn. pi. 133. — Merops monachus 
2-T 6 tej >PL p.190. 
Tr. d'p, Ucnr °' £ dea Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 325., Less. 
3i P rnit h.t.f.2. * 1 
Su(l j Oi s a ^ Cntice f ls Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1839. p. 144., Voy. au Pole 
4. t 
5. T ‘ ” treo 3 u laris Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1836. p. 143. 
f g 0ur oensis (Quoy & Gaim.) Less. Voy. de l’Astrol. t. 8. 
6. T 
7. 'f 1 C0rtlutu 8 Temm. Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. t. 16. f. 1. 
8. p ' > Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. 1. 18. 
to Uii s j r ~~~ > Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. t. 17. f. 1. — Type of Lep- 
Rornbr. Sf J ac q_ (ig45). 
9. T. timoriensis MiiO. & Schl. Verb. Nat, Gesch. Nederl. p. 
153. 
10. T. chrysotis Less. Voy. de la Coqu., Ois. t. 21. bis. — 
Myzantha flaviventer Less. 
1 1. T. inornatus G. It. Gray. 
12. T . cyanotis (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. i. 57., Lewin. B. of 
N. PI. pi. 4. — Turdus cyaneus Lath. Lamb. Icon. ined. ii. 36., 
Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 87 . ; Merops cyanops Lath. Lamb. Icon. ined. i. 
57., Gould, B. of Austr. pi. ; Type of Entomyza Swains. (1837). 
13. T. albipennis (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 169 ., Gould, B. 
of Austr. pi. 
14. T. ? moluccensis (Gmel.) — Type of Philemon Vieill. 
(181 6). 
October, 1846. 
