WHITE-STREAKED HONEY-EATER. 
Adult female. Head brownish-black with a greyish tinge on the fore-head, an indistinct 
line of feathers above and behind the eye grey, lores blackish, an elongated tuft of 
golden-orange feathers below the ear ; back of the neck, mantle, rump, upper tail- 
coverts and wing-coverts brownish-black ; the lesser wing-coverts with white spots 
at the extremity; greater wing-coverts blackish-brown, faintly margined with dull 
yellow and tipped with yellowish-white; flight-feathers, secondaries and tail brownish- 
black, margined on the outer webs with dull greenish-olive ; chin, throat, sides 
of the neck and fore-neck long and lanceolate, greyish-black at the base, white 
at the extremity ; sides of the breast, sides of the body and flanks white with dusky 
streaks ; remainder of the under-parts, including the under tail-coverts, silky-white ; 
under-surface of wings smoky-black, widely margined on the inner web with rusty- 
buff ; under aspect of tail smoky-black with whitish shafts. Eyes crimson, feet 
blue, bill black with bluish base. Total length 140 mm. ; culmen 16, wing 66, 
tail 55, tarsus 19. Figured. Collected on Skull Creek, Cape York, North 
Queensland, on the 3rd of December, 1912. 
The sexes are alike. 
Adult male. Fore-part of- the head, lores, and post-ocular region blackish ; ear-coverts 
yellow; occiput, hind-neck, back, rump, upper tail-coverts, scapulars, and upper 
wing-coverts smoke-brown with blackish centres to many of the feathers ; outer 
lesser upper wing-coverts blackish, some of greater series also blackish fringed 
with greenish-yellow and a few spots of white ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts and 
flight-quills dark brown fringed with greenish-yellow on the outer webs, inner 
webs of the last margined with buff ; tail-feathers dusky-brown slightly margined 
with greenish-yellow on some of the feathers ; chin and throat pale yellow becoming 
brighter in colour on the fore-neck and cheeks where the feathers are attenuate, 
which imparts a streaked appearance ; breast, abdomen, sides of body, and under 
tail-coverts cream-white with dark shaft-streaks to many of the feathers ; thighs 
dusky; axillaries pale lemon-yellow ; under wing-coverts and inner-margins of 
flight-quills below buff, remainder of quill-lining hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail 
similar but somewhat paler. Eyes brown, feet slate, bill black. Total length 
150 mm. ; culmen 15, wing 74, tail 59, tarsus 20. Collected at Cape York, North 
Queensland, on the 23rd of July, 1898. 
Immature female . General colour of the upper-surface smoke-brown, including the top 
of the head, hind-neck, back, upper tail-coverts, scapulars, and lesser upper wing- 
coverts, darker and inclining to blackish on the last; bastard-wing and greater 
coverts dark brown with pale edges ; flight-quills also dark brown with greenish- 
yellow margins on the outer webs and buff on the inner ones ; tail-feathers bronze- 
brown with yellowish edgings ; base of fore-head, lores, and eye-region blackish, 
minutely speckled with white on the last ; ear-coverts blackish-brown at the base 
and tipped with vellow r ; chin and throat greyish-white tinged with lemon-yellow, 
the latter colour becoming brighter on the fore-neck and sides of neck, where the 
feathers are attenuate and impart a streaked appearance ; breast, abdomen, sides 
of body, and under tail-coverts greyish-white with dark spots or shaft-streaks to 
the feathers ; thighs dusky ; axillaries whitish ; under wing-coverts and inner 
margins of flight-quills below cinnamon-rufous, remainder of quill-lining hair- 
brown; lower aspect of tail hair-brown. Eyes crimson, feet blue-grey, bill black 
with bluish base. Wing 63 mm. Collected at Cape York, North Queensland, 
on the 9th of December, 1912. 
Juvenile female. General colour of the upper-surface dark ochreous-brown, including 
the top of the head, hind-neck, sides of neck, back, rump, upper tail-cover s, 
scapulars, and lesser upper wing-coverts ; bastard-wing and primary-cover s ai 
brown slightly edged with greenish-yellow ; flight-quills blackish-brown rmge 
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