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the species I have named A. dubius, which, as will be seen, I had made synonymous with 4. tenuirostris, but which

I am now inclined to consider distinct, an opinion in which Mr. Blyth coincides.

313. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris . : : : : : : E : : : WOE Vee izle Gils
314. Acanthorhynchus dubius, Gould.

315. Acanthorhynchus superciliosus, Gould. . ; : : : : : ‘ AVG) oe Leet

 

Genus Myzomena, 2g. § Horsf.

 

 

Five well-marked species of this genus are distributed over Australia; numerous others are found in New
Guinea and the neighbouring islands; the form also occurs in the Polynesian Islands, but is not found in Van

Diemen’s Land.

 

316. Myzomela sanguineolenta : 5 : : : Wolk JOY. IAL 3%,
317. Myzomela erythrocephala, Gould . : ; : : Wolke IV. Tal, 4h,
318. Myzomela pectoralis, Gould . ; : : : s : Vole RE Gos
319. Myzomela nigra, Gould . , : : Wolk, JAY, TPL OB.
320. Myzomela obscura, Gould ; ; : ; ; : : 3 : : 5 : Wol, IY. IML 67.

Genus Enromyza, Swans.

Two species of this well-defined genus are comprised in the Australian fauna, one of which inhabits the south-
eastern parts of the country, or New South Wales ; the other, which so far as we yet know is strictly confined to
the north-eastern coast, is very plentiful at Port Essington and in the neighbouring districts.

The form appears to be confined to Australia, for I have never seen it from any other country.

321. Entomyza cyanotis : : : : : : : : : 2 4 Wl, TDWs TL, 3,

 

This bird has the habit—a somewhat remarkable one among the Honey-eaters—of selecting the nest of Poma-

torhinus temporalis for the reception of its eggs.

322. Entomyza albipennis, Gould . : : E ; Wok J0V5 8. GO,

Genus Meuirureptus, “ell.

No one group of birds is more universally distributed over Australia than the Melithrepti, for their range
extends from Van Diemen’s Land on the south to the most northern part of the continent ; and they are equally
numerous from east to west, each part of country being inhabited by a species peculiarly its own. The Eucalypti

are the trees upon which they are almost exclusively found. I believe the form is unknown out of Australia.

 

323. Melithreptus validirostris, Gould. : : : : : : : : : : Vol ihVe lO.

324. Melithreptus gularis, Gould . : . : : 3 : : : : : ; Wolk I, IPL 7

325. Melithreptus lunulatus  . : ‘ : : : ; : : : ‘ : Wo Ve ele .2 ;

326. Melithreptus chloropsis, Gould : : 4 : : ‘ : : ‘ : : Wolke Rites

327. Melithreptus albogularis, Gould . : : 4 ; : 4 : : ; : Woll, JAY, IPL, 74! |
328. Melithreptus melanocephalus, Gould f : : : ; ; : ‘ : NiO RIN eiay

Certhia agilis, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. iv. p. 204. |

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