Part 71

Stat. r. timber 8.8

Upper grayish-brown, striped blackish-brown; wing-quills brown, edged lighter; throat white; under, upper base tail white; black marks side of neck, flanks. Honey, insects. Cheerful, loud whistle, "Chirp, chirp, cherry, cherry."

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=346* Sanguineous Honey-eater= (Blood), Humming-Bird (e), Blood-Bird, Myzomela sanguinolenta, E.A. (coastal).

Nom. r. thick bushes, heath 4.3

Head, neck, breast, back, upper base tail rich shining scarlet; side-face, wings, tail black, wings lined lighter; abdomen buff; f., light brown, lighter below. Pollen, honey, insects. Beautiful song.

=347* Black Honey-eater=, M. nigra, A. exc. N. Ter. (interior).

Mig. v.r. plains 4.4

Black; side abdomen, under base tail white; f., brown; under dull-white; breast marked dark-brown; under base tail white. Insects. Plaintive song.

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=348* Spinebill=, Spinebill Honey-eater, Humming-Bird (e), Cobbler's Awl, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris, E.A., S.A., T., Bass St. Is.

Stat. c. Banksias, heath 6.5

Crown, line to crescent on side of chest, wings, tail black; chest white, chestnut-brown patch on throat; back brown; abdomen light chestnut-brown; outer tail tipped white; eye scarlet; f., duller. Insects, honey. Monotonous strong call.

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=349* Tawny-crowned Honey-eater= (Fulvous-fronted), Gliciphila melanops (fulvifrons), S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., T., Bass St. Is.

Stat. c. sandy, heathy 7

Upper ashy-brown; crown tawny, blackish line from bill past eye down side of breast; buff spot behind ear; throat, abdomen white. Insects, honey. Plaintive notes.

=350* White-fronted Honey-eater=, G. albifrons, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., T. (inland).

Stat. c. dry scrubs 5.7

Upper grayish-brown; crown, throat black; forehead, behind ear white; abdomen white, streaked dark-brown. Insects, honey. "Tink-tink."

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=351* Painted Honey-eater=, Entomophila picta, N.S.W., V., S.A. (inland).

Stat. v.r. plains 5.5

Upper black; band on wings, side tail yellow; tip tail white; abdomen white, faintly streaked brown; f., smaller. Insects.

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=352 Pied Honey-eater=, Certhionyx variegatus, N.S.W., V., S.A., C.A., W.A., N.W.A.

Stat. v.r. dry scrubs 6.5

Black and white; head, throat, back, wings, tip-tail black; rest white; f., light-brown upper; under whitish, throat buffy, streaked dark-brown. Pollen, honey, berries.