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WHITE-BREASTED HONEY-SUCKER. 
(Pl. XXII.) 
LENGTH 
Six inches ; hill half an inch, and black ; eye brown; lashes the same ; forehead 
light brown ; cheeks dark brown ; behind the ear a small whitish patch : chin and 
throat white, edged with dark brown ; breast, belly, and vent, white ; hind head, 
back, and rump, dark olive ; primaries and secondaries brown, edged with lighter; 
upper part of the tail dark brown; under coverts grey; thighs light brown; legs 
grey; claws black. 
FEMALE 
Nearly the same as the male, but of a less brighter plumage. 
INHABITS 
Forests; frequents trees of the Banksia. This species does not migrate. 
