among the Honey-eaters — of selecting the nest of Pomatorhinus 
temporalis for the reception of its eggs. 
322. Entornyza albipennis, Gould Vol. IY. PI. 69. 
Genus Melithreftus. 
No one group of birds is more universally distributed over Au- 
stralia than the Melithrepti , for, like the Eucalypti , a genus of trees 
upon which they are almost exclusively found, their range extends 
from Van Diemen’s Land on the extreme south to the most northern 
part of the continent, and in an equal degree from east to west, each 
part of country being inhabited by a species peculiarly its own. I 
believe the form is unknown out of Australia. 
323. Melithreptus validirostris, Goidd 
324. Melithreptus gularis, Gould . . . 
325. Melithreptus lunulatus .... 
326. Melithreptus chloropsis, Gould . 
327. Melithreptus albogularis, Gould . . 
328. Melithreptus melanocephalus, Gould 
Certhia agilis , Lath. 
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Genus Myzantha. 
During the progress of this work three have been added to the 
two previously known species of this genus, one from the districts of 
the interior of New South Wales, one from Swan River, and one 
from the north-west coast ; it is consequently a genus the members 
of which are widely distributed over nearly every part of Australia. 
329. Myzantha garrula 
330. Myzantha obscura, Gould . . 
331. Myzantha lutea, Gould . . , 
332. Myzantha flavigula, Gould . . 
333. Myzantha melanophrys . . . 
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Family ? 
Genus Zosterops. 
The members of this genus are very widely dispersed ; three well- 
defined species inhabit the continent of Australia and Van Diemen’s 
Land ; two are found on Norfolk Island, and numerous others 
inhabit the Indian Islands and the continent of India even to the 
Himalaya Mountains. 
In placing this group next to the Honey-eaters, I have been 
influenced by their approximation to those birds both in form and 
habits, and to which they exhibit a further degree of affinity in the 
