Collection of Birds from Western Australia. G61 
Melithreptus chloropsis Gould. 
Melithreptus chloropsis Math. p. 92. 
a-c. $ et $ imm. King River, 7th Dec.-15tli Jan. 
d. £ . Chockerup, 23rd Jan. 
e. Ad. Near Albany, 26th March. 
f g. A • Big Grove, 1st & 2nd May. 
h. $ imm. Margaret River, 17th Feb. 
Iris reddish-brown ; naked skin above the eye white, below 
pale blue; bill dark olive-brown, orange at the base and oil 
the inside of the mouth; legs yellowish-brown. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 5'5-6*5 inches. 
Gould says that the naked skin above the eye in M. 
chloropsis is greenish-white in some specimens, and pale 
wine-yellow in others. In M. lunulatus (Shaw) the naked 
skin above the eye is scarlet, but in other respects the species 
is hardly distinguishable from M. chloropsis. 
[The Western Lunulated Honey-eater is gregarious in its 
habits and very plentiful among the high Eucalyptus-trees 
in the coastal districts of the south-west. Further inland it 
is replaced by M. leucogenys Milligan.— G. C. £.] 
Myzomela nigra Gould. 
Myzomela nigra Math. p. 93. 
a-c. £. Dwaladine, 24th Feb. & 12th March. 
Iris very dark brown ; bill and feet black. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 5 0-5“25 inches. 
[The Black Honey-eater was not uncommon to the east 
of Brookton ; it frequents the tops of trees.—G. C. S.] 
Pardalotus ornatus Temm. 
Pardalotus ornatus Math. p. 90. 
a. $ . King River, 5th Jan. 
b-d. $ . Dale River, 20th Dec. to Jan. 
e,f. A • Crookerdine Lake, 17th & 19th July. 
g-k. $ ? . Parker’s Range, 8th-13th Aug. 
l,m. J $ • Kurrawang, 9th & 15th Sept. 
n. <j> . Clifton Downs, 4th Oct. 
Iris olive-brown or greenish-yellow ; bill dusky black, 
of a horn-colour at the gape ; legs of a slate-colour. 
