YELLOW-THROATED HONEY-EATER. 
Adult male. Head above and sides of the head blackish silky-grey, slightly streaked with 
black, a small tuft of primrose-yellow feathers behind the ear ; neck, mantle, rump, 
upper tail-coverts, wing-coverts and secondaries uniform golden-olive tail- 
feathers golden-olive with bright edges ; chin, throat and edge of wing gamboge- 
yellow ; sides of neck, chest and breast smoky-grey, slightly tinged with greenish- 
olive ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts whitish-yellow ; axilla lies and under 
wing-coverts bright yellow ; under-surface of quills ash-grey, washed with olive 
and margined on the inner web with buff; under-surface of tail uniform golden- 
olive, slightly margined on the outer web with deeper golden-olive. Eyes light 
red, feet slate, bill black. Total length 210 mm. \ culmen 15, wing 108, 
tail 102, tarsus 27. Figured. Collected on King Island, Bass Strait, on the 2nd 
of May, 1914. 
Adult female . Similar to the adult male. 
Young male. Top of head dusky-brown with a greyish tinge ; lores and a line below the 
eye blackish, feathers behind the eye glossy greyish-brown ; ear-coverts pale sulphur- 
yellow ; nape and hind-neck dark smoke-brown ; entire back, wings, and tail dull 
yellowish-green; flight-quills blackish-brown with pale margins ; chin and 
throat pale yellow r ; sides of throat, sides of neck, and fore-neck olive-grey ; breast, 
abdomen, sides of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts ochreous-vellow T ; axillaries 
and under wing-coverts yellowish-buff ; under-surface hair-brown wdth pale margins ; 
lower aspect of tail paler than its upper-surface—especially the shafts of the feathers. 
Eyes dark greenish-slate (like the surrounding feathers), feet slate-grey, soles 
yellowish, bill black, throat orange. Collected on Flinders Island, Bass Straits, 
on the 21st of November, 1912. 
Young imle. Head dull greenish-brown wdth rufous-brown down still adhering to the 
feathers like those of the lower back ; back dull olive-green becoming yellowdsh-green 
on the wdngs and tail; a line above ear-coverts slate-grey ; chin and a spot on the 
upper edge of the ear-coverts bright yellow ; quills dark brown with greenish- 
yellow on the outer webs ; fore-neck and breast dusky-yellow, becoming brighter 
yellow on the abdomen, under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts. Collected at 
Glenorchy, Tasmania. 
Immature. Top of head, lores, and nape dull blackish-brown ; hind-neck inclining to smoke- 
brown ; back, wings, and tail dark yellowish-green ; inner webs of flight-quills 
dark brown wdth pale buff margins ; chin, throat, and tips of ear-coverts lemon- 
yellow ; fore-neck, sides of neck, breast, and sides of body dark slate-grey, tinged 
with ochre on the sides of the abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; axillaries 
dull yellow; under wdng-coverts yellowish-buff; under-surface of flight-quills 
similar to their upper-surface but paler ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper- 
surface, the shafts are also pale—not black. Eyes hazel, feet bluish-flesh, bill black. 
Collected at Devonport, Tasmania, on the 15th of February, 1909. 
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Eggs. Tw t o to three eggs form the clutch. A clutch of three taken at St. Helens, Tasmania, 
on the 18th of November, 1893, is of a pale pinkish-white ground-colour, marked, 
chiefly at the larger ends, with rounded spots of reddish-brown and purplish-grey. 
Ovals in shape. Surface of shell fine and smooth, and rather glossy. 23-24 by 
16 mm. 
Nest. Rather a deep cup-shapecl structure, composed of bark, grasses, etc., and lined with 
fur or other soft material, and placed in a small bush or thickly foliaged tree. 
Dimensions over all, 4 to 4J inches by 3J to 3f inches deep. 
Breeding-months. July to end November (to January). 
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