BELL MINAH. 
Manorimt melanoph^ys yarra Mathews, Nov. ZooL, Vol. XVIII., p. 416, Jan. 31st, 1912 ; 
(Beacousfield) Victoria; id,, Austr. Av. Rec., Vol. 62. 1912 (Eggs); id,. 
List Birds Austr., p. 285, 1913. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Victoria. 
Adult female. Top of the head olive-green shaded with blackish; lores black tipped witli 
greenish-yellow, a large spot of golden-yellow in front of and below tlie eye ; 
remainder of tlie upper-parts dark olive-green. lighter on the rump and upper tail- 
coverts ; ving-coverts dull gi‘ey; primaries and secondaries ash-brown, with the 
outer web dark olive-green ; chin and tliroat dull greeni.sh-yellow with a narrow 
streak of brownish-black forming a well-marked malar streak; remainder of the 
under-surface of the body dull j'ellowish-green, brightest on the middle of the 
belly. Eyes dusky, bill, feet and legs yellow. Total length 176 mm. ; culmen 12, 
wing 92, tail 80, tarsus 24. Figured. Collected on the Tw'oed River, Northern 
New South Wales, on the 16th of August, 1912, and is the type of M, m tweedi 
subsp. nov. 
The sexes are alike. 
Adult, Lores black tipped with greenish-yellow ; a large spot of golden-yellow in front 
of and below the eye; top of the head olive-green, slightly shaded with dusky; 
back of the neck and mantle dark olive-green, lighter on the rump and upper tail- 
coverts ; tail dull bronze-green; wing-coverts blackish-grey; primaries and 
secondaries ash-brown, with the outer web dark olive-green; outer primaries 
margined on the outer web with dark grey; chin and throat dull greenish-yellow, 
bordered on each side by a malar streak of brownish-black; remainder of the 
under-surface dull j'ellowish-green, brightest on the middle of the belly; xmder 
wing-coverts dark grey, under aspect of primary-quills ash-grey. Total length 
190 mm. ; culmen 12, wing 92, tail 83, tarsus 23. Figured. C'ollected at Beacons- 
field, Victoria, on the 26th of Jlay, 1907, and is the type of M, m. yaira. 
Immature male. Top of head, sides of face, and nape blacldsh; back, vdngs and tail 
bronze-green; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and inner webs of flight-quills 
blackisli; tliroat dark lead-grey; breast, abdomen, sides of body, and under tail- 
coverts citron- 3 'ellow; under-surface of flight-quills dark brown ; lower aspect of 
tail similar to its upper-surface but paler. Eyes brown, feet and bill yellow. 
Collected at Beaconsfield, Victoria, on the 1st of May, 1909. 
Nesilijig, General colour of tlie upper-surface including the top of the head, sides of face, 
back, wings and tail, dusky soot-black; outer webs of flight-quills and tail dark 
bronze-green; throat blackish; under-surface for the most part dusky bronze- 
green, becoming paler and inclining to yellow on the lower abdomen and under 
tail-coverts. Bill pale yellow, bare skin above eye greenish, beliind eye flesh- 
colour. Eyes greenish-brown, feet pale yellow. Collected at Beaconsfield, Victoria, 
on the 12th of June, 1909. 
Eggs. Two to three eggs form the clutch, though two usually. A clutch of two eggs 
taken neay T^xingham, 60 miles south-west of Grafton, New South Wales, on the 
1st of October, 1900, is of a beautiful rich flesh-colour, spotted, cliiefly at the larger 
end, with reddish-brown, purplish-brown, and piu'plish-grey. Lengthened ovals 
in shape. Surface of shell fine and rather glossy. 23-24 by 16 mm. 
Nest, A cup-shaped structure, composed of grass, thin strips of bark and twigs, etc., 
well matted together with cobwebs, etc., and suspended by the rim from the 
forked limb of a small tree or bush; frequently the nest is built amongst ferns, 
and placed near the ground. Lined with thin roots and gi'ass, and the bed of the 
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