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BLACK-CROWNED HONEY-SUCKER. 
(PI. XXIV.) 
LENGTH 
Five inches; bill three-eighths, and dark brown ; eyes brown; lashes red ; forehead 
and crown black, bordered with white in the form of a crescent; cheeks black ; throat 
and breast white ; vent light brown ; hind head black ; back and rump bright olive ; 
shoulder-coverts blue ; tail brown; primaries brown, edged with lighter ; secondaries 
brown ; thighs light brown ; legs grey ; claws black. 
FEMALE 
The same as the male. 
INHABITS 
The neighbourhood of Paramatta and the Hawkesbury ; frequenting thick brushy 
woods. 
