EUTHYRHYNCHUS GRISEIGULA, seaz

Brown Honey-eater.

Euthyrhynchus griseigula, Schl. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv, p. 39 (1871).—Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xii
p. 342 (1878).—Rosenb. Malay. Arch, Pp. 553, 588 (1879).—Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xiv. oe 78
(1880).—Id. Orn. Papuasia e delle Molucche, ii. p. 340 (1881).

Timeliopsis trachycoma, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 963 (1875).

Euthyrhynchus griseigularis, Gadow, Cat. B. in Brit. Mus. ix. p. 287 (1884),

 

Tus genus Luthyrhynchus is apparently a very vatural one, allied to Plectorhyncha of Australia and
containing four species ; for we cannot admit Melipotes gymnops to be a Euthyrhynchus, as Dr. Gadow bas
done. It differs so entirely in its bare ocular region (alw ays a character of importance in the Honey-eaters)
that we sympathize with Count Salvadori when he remarks :—‘ ‘The union of Melipotes gymnops in one genus
with the species attributed to Luthyrhynchus is beyond my comprehension ! ”

Having had an opportunity of comparing the four species described, we give a short diagnosis, which
will serve to distinguish them :—

E. griseigula—Olive-brown above ; throat and breast pale pinkish or vinous-brown, with scarcely any

shade of olive-yellow. Hab. N.W. New Guinea.

LE. flavigula.—Olive-brown above ; throat and breast distinctly marked with olive-yellow, this colour

pervading the entire under surface. Hab. N.W. New Guinea.

E. fulviventris.—Olive-brown above ; entire under surface pale pinkish or vinous-brown, with a slight mark

of olive-yellow on the throat, Hab. S.E. New Guinea.

E. fulvigula—Olive-green above, paler olive-green below; throat tawny, contrasting with the breast.

Hab. N.W. New Guinea.

Of these four species, L. flavigula aud EL. griseigula are so closely allied that it would never surprise us
to hear that their specific identity had been established, and the differences are so slight that the utmost
difficulty has been experienced in rendering them in a coloured figure, while at the same time the texture
of their plumage is so delicate that to make a drawing of them has been uo easy task. LZ. fulviventris
is much more recognizable, its vinous-brown under surface being a strongly Se ee character, “

The measurements of the present species are as follows :—Total length a ee culmen 0°85,
wing 3°45, tail 2:7, tarsus 0-9. These dimensions are a little in excess ee Q TS aed |

The Plate has been drawn from a specimen lent to us by the Marquis Doria from the Genoa Museum ;
it is represented in two positions, of the size of life.

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