ENTOMYZA. 223 
Dobroyde in September 1861, measure as follows :—No. 1, length 
(A) 0-58 x 0-46 inch ; (B) 061 x 0'47 inch. No. 2, length (A) 
059 x 0‘47 inch; (B) 058 x 046 inch. 
Sab. Buckingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 
Soutli Wales, Victoria and South Australia. ( Ramsay ) 
MYZOMELA NIGRA, Gould. 
Black Honey-eater. 
Gould, Sandbk. Bds. Aust , Vol. i., sp. 344, p. 558. 
“ The nest is a shallow cup-shaped structure of fine shreds of 
bark or similar material, usually placed between the horizontal fork 
of a branch. Mr. K. H. Bennett informs me that some years ago 
this species was found to be plentiful near Mossgiel, feeding in the 
Sandalwood trees (Myoporum platycarpum). Eggs two for a 
sitting, they are of a dull white or cream-white with an indistinct 
zone, which in some consists of distinct dots of dull brown near 
the thicker end, in others clouded markings of light brown. 
Length (A) 0-6 x 0-47 inch ; (B) 0-63 x 0-48 inch.” {Ramsay, 
P.L.S., N.S.W., 2nd Series, Vol. i., p. 1151.) 
Sab. Port Darwin and Port Essington, New South Wales, 
Interior, Victoria and South Australia, West and South-West 
Australia. {Ramsay.) 
Genus ENTOMYZA, Sivainson. 
ENTOMYZA CYANOTIS, Swainson. 
Blue-faced Honey-eater. 
Gould, Sandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 346, p. 560. 
This bird has an extensive range over the eastern portions of 
Australia from Rockingham Bay in the north to the vicinity of 
