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Dr. E. Hopkinson — Honey-eaters



New Hebrides Honey-eater, Lichmera incanaflavoiincta (Gray).—

Also brought by Mayer and Goodfellow, 1934, teste Seth-Smith, A.M.,

1934, 146. The Zoo took at least one.


Tawny-fronted Honey-eater, Gliciphila melanops (Lath.).—

Zoo. No. 597, i.e. before 1927, and I think has been there since. An

Australian species.


Spine-billed Honey-eater, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Lath.).—

Zoo. No. 596 . There were two more there in 1933, one of which was still

alive in 1936. I have seen a good many in Australian aviaries and they

seem really to thrive in captivity.


White-eyebrowed Spinebill, A. superciliosus, Gld.—Was in¬

cluded in the Zoo Australian collection, 1908. These two and the next

twelve are all Australian.


Warty-faced Honey-eater, Xanthomiza phrygia (Shaw).—Zoo.

No. 598 . The first arrivals of the 44 Mock Regent Bird ” (an alternative

name) were four, which reached the Zoo in 1904 ; others have come

since and to other collections.


Fuscous Honey-eater, Paraptilotis fusca (Gld.).—Zoo. No. 599.

Has also been in the Berlin Zoo.


Yellow-faced Honey-eater, P. chrysops (Lath.).—In the Berlin

Zoo in 1875, teste Neunzig.


Yellow-eared Honey-eater, Meliphaga lewinii (Sw.) ( chrysotis ,

Lewin not Lath.).—Zoo. No. 600 , Once brought alive to England,

teste Neunzig, p. 126 ; by Carrick teste Dr. Butler.


Singing Honey-eater, Meliphaga virescens (Vieill).—One 44 new ”,

Zoo, Sept., 1932, teste Report.


White-eared Honey-eater, Nesoptilotis leucotis (Lath.).—Zoo.

No. 601 , and was in the Hamburg Zoo in 1915 teste Neunzig.


Yellow-necked Honey-eater, N. flavicollis (Vieill).—-Has been in

the Berlin Zoo teste Neunzig.


Yellow-tufted Honey-eater, Lophoptilotis melanops (Lath.)

(auricomis, Lath.).—Zoo. No. 602 . Has also been in the Berlin Zoo.

Harvey in Adelaide has kept some for three years, giving them as a

main food bread soaked in honey. I saw his birds when last in

Australia, all in perfect condition.


Yellow-plumed Honey-eater, Ptilotula oranta (Gld.).



