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WHITE-BREASTED HON EY-EATER. 
Ramsayornis fasciatus inkermani Mathews, ib. 
Ryanomis fasciatus fasciatus Campbell, Emu, Vol. XVIII., p. 186, Jan. 1st, 1919. 
Distribution. Across tropical Northern Australia from Napier Broome Bay tolnkerman, 
Queensland, and as far north as Cooktown, but apparently not at Cape York. 
Adult fejnale. Top of head and and nape black with white edges to the feathers on the 
fore-head and sides of crown ; back, wings, and tail dark brown with buff margins 
to the feathers ; rump and upper tail-coverts rust-colour ; cheeks white with a 
narrow blackish moustacial streak; chin and throat white; fore-neck and 
breast white banded with bla,ck ; abdomen and sides of body buffy-white with 
dark brown pear-shaped centres to the feathers ; under tail-coverts, thighs, 
axillaries, under wing-coverts, and inner margins of flight-quills below buff, outer 
primary-quills brownish, quill-lining dark brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its 
upper-surface. Bill leaden-black ; lower mandible brown, feet and tarsus pale 
fleshy-brown, eyes brown. Total length 126 mm. ; culrnen 12, wing 70, tail 47, 
tarsus 18. Figured. Collected on Cooper’s Creek, Apsley Straits, Melville Island, 
Northern Territory, on the 26th of October, 1911, and is the type of G. /. apsleyi. 
Adult male . Similar to the adult female. 
Adult male . Top of head, nape, lores, and sides of crown black barred with white ; back, 
wings, and tail dark brown with whitish margins to the feathers ; upper tail-coverts 
paler than the back and inclining to rust-colour ; a narrow black moustacial 
streak ; eyelids, sides of face, chin, and throat white ; breast white barred with 
black ; abdomen and sides of body white streaked with dark brown ; thighs, under 
tail-coverts, axillaries, under wing-coverts, and inner webs of flight-quills below 
pale buff ; remainder of quill-lining and lower aspect of tail hair-brown, somewhat 
paler on the latter. Eyes amber, feet reddish, bill dark grey. Wing 73 mm. 
Collected at Normanton, North Queensland, on the 24th of November, 1913. 
Juvenile. Entire top of head and nape greyish with dark centres to the feathers ; back, 
wings, and tail blacldsh-brown with rust-coloured margins to the feathers ; flight- 
quills blackish, slightly fringed on the outer webs with yellow and buffy-white ; 
upper tail-coverts uniform rust-colour ; tail blackish, rather paler on the margins ; 
sides of face and throat white ; a narrow black moustacial streak; breast black 
with whitish fringes to the feathers ; abdomen, sides of body, thighs, and under 
tail-coverts buffy-white; under tail-coverts and margins of flight-quills below 
pale buff ; remainder of quill-lining blackish. Feet grey, bill yellowish, palate 
and gape yellow. Collected at Normanton, North Queensland, on the 9th of 
February, i.914. 
Juvenile. Top of head and nape grey with dark centres to the feathers : back and upper 
wing-coverts dark brown with buff margins to the feathers ; flight-quills blackish- 
brown narrowly fringed with buff on the outer and inner margins ; rump similar 
to the back but more uniform ; upper tail-coverts pale rust-colour ; tail-feathers 
dark brown with pale margins ; a short white superciliary streak ; sides of face 
whitish; a narrow black moustacial streak; throat white, breast and upper 
abdomen also white, spotted and streaked with black ; lower flanks, under tail- 
coverts, axillaries, and under wing-coverts buffy-white ; under-surface of flight- 
quills and lower aspect of tail dark brown. Eyes grey, feet pale grey, bill yellow. 
Collected at Normanton, North Queensland, on the 8th of March, 1914. 
A Nest from Cairns was placed at the end of a twig. Entrance at the side. Composed of 
pieces of bark and fine rootlets woven together with cobweb. Two or three gum 
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