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KING HONEY-SUCKER. 
(PI. VI.) 
LENGTH 
Nine inches and a half; bill one inch in length, and of a bright yellow-orange; 
eye yellow ; forehead, crown, and back part of the neck, bright goklen-yellow verging 
to orange ; the feathers short appearing like velvet; from the base of the bill to the 
eye black; above the eye the same ; chin, cheek, throat, black ; breast, belly, and vent 
the same; back and shoulders deep shining blue-black ; bastard-wing black ; primaries 
the same; secondaries bright golden-yellow, partly tipt with black; tail black and a 
little forked ; legs and claws black. 
INHABITS 
The banks of Patterson’s river; frequents thick brushy woods. 
REMARKS. 
This beautiful species was shot about 30 miles from the settlement of Newcastle. 
