Genus—LICIIM E R A. 
Lichmera Cabanis, Mus. Heine., 
Yol. I., p. 118, (after Oct.) 
1851. Type (by subse¬ 
quent designation), Bona¬ 
parte, Comptes Rendus 
Acad. Sc. Paris, Vol. 
XXXVIII., p. 2, Jan. 2nd, 
1854.. .. .. .. Glyciphila ocxdaris Gould= 
Meliphaga indistincla Vigors and Horsfield. 
Stigmatops Gould, Handb. Birds 
Austr., Vol. L, pp. 493-500, 
(Dec.) 1865. Type (by 
monotypy) .. .. .. Glyciphila ocularis and G. subocularis Gould= 
Meliphaga indistincla Vigors and Horsfield. 
Small “ Honey-eaters ” with long bills, long wings, long square tail and short 
legs and small feet. 
The bill is longer than the head, nearly straight, the culmen arched, but 
the lower mandible nearly straight; tip decurved slightly and edges of 
mandibles anteriorly rather coarsely serrate, basal expansion slight and culmen 
slightly keeled posteriorly, anteriorly rounded, though laterally compressed; 
bill at base deeper than broad, nasal groove long, nostril as linear slits, strongly 
operculate, interramal space long, nearly one-third the length of the mandible ; 
few small nasal bristles, and rictal bristles obsolete. 
The wing has the first primary short, less than half the length of the second, 
which is less than the sixth but longer than the secondaries; the third and 
fourth primaries longest and subequal. 
The tail is long and square. 
The legs are short and rather stout, the tarsus appearing booted in front, 
but in the immature six scutes are clearly seen, posteriorly bilaminate; the 
anterior toes slender, the hind-toe stouter; the middle toe and claw longer 
than the hind-toe and claw, the outer toe longer than the inner ; claws slender 
but curved. 
The silvery patch of feathers behind the eye seems the attraction of genus- 
lumpers for the retention of this group. 
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