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PAINTED HONEY-EATER. 
on the under-part of tail-feathers are much smaller, while the breast is purer 
white and less spotted.” 
Of this Barnard stated : “ It was feeding on the flowers of the bauhinia 
trees which grew on the black soil flats. The birds were found at McArthur 
Station, and were not seen elsewhere.” 
Mr. A. J. North had written me in 1908 : “ I examined a collection made 
at Cloncurry which contained this bird.” 
I then described such a bird as 
Graniiella picta cloncurri. 
“ Differs from G. p. picta in its larger size and darker coloration. Cloncurry, 
Queensland.” 
Consequently there will be three subspecies now on record : 
Grantiella picta picta (Gould). 
New South Wales, Victoria, South 
Australia. 
Grantiella picta cloncurri Mathews. 
Queensland. 
Grantiella picta borealis H. L. White. 
Northern Territory. 
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