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Crown gray; upper olive-green; tail, wings brown; about eye, ear black; narrow yellow line below black; from bill to side of neck naked lilac skin; under olive yellow; f., smaller. Pollen, honey.

=362* Yellow-plumed Honey-eater= (Graceful), P. novae-hollandiae (ornata), N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A.

c. scrub 6.5

"Elegant bird;" upper olive-brown; under grayish-white, streaked brown; yellow ear-tuft; f., sim. Honey, insects. Loud ringing note.

=363* White-plumed Honey-eater=, Greenie, Linnet (e), Chickoowee; Ringeye (e), Ringneck (e), Australian Canary (e), P. penicillata, E.A., S.A., W.A.

Stat. v.c. gardens 6.7

Grayish-brown, tinged olive; under light yellowish-brown; long white ear plumes, sometimes not seen until the head is moved; f., smaller. Insects, pollen, honey. Loud ringing notes; "Chick-oo-wee."

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=364* Crescent Honey-eater= (Horseshoe, Tasmanian), Egypt, Meliornis pyrrhoptera (australasiana), N.S.W., V., S.A., T.

Stat. c. forest, heath 6.2

Upper dusky black; black bar each side of breast; under white; flanks dusky; wings, tail marked golden-yellow; side-tail spotted white; f., dusky-brown, faint yellow on wings and tail. Loud varied calls, "Egypt."

=365* White-bearded Honey-eater= (New Holland), Yellow Wings, M. novae-hollandiae, S.Q., N.S.W., V., SA., T.

Stat. v.c. scrubby, Banksias 7.2

Blackish-brown, marked white; much yellow on wings; tail black, margined yellow, tipped white; line side of nape, cheeks, behind ear white; f., sim. Insects, honey.

=366* White-cheeked Honey-eater=, M. nigra (sericea), S.Q., N.S.W., V., W.A.

Stat. r. scrub, undergrowth 7

Like 365, but forehead white; large tuft of white plumes on side of head; tail not tipped white; f., smaller. Insects, honey. Clear double whistling note.

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=367* Bell-Miner=, Bell-Bird, Manorina melanophrys, E.A. f., sim. Insects. Bell note, "Tink."

Stat. r. dense gullies 7

Olive-green; bright yellow patch between eye and bill; small red patch behind eye; forehead, about eye black.

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=368* Noisy Miner=, Garrulous Honeyeater, Snake-Bird, Cherry-eater, Soldier, Micky, Squeaker, Myzantha garrula, E.A., S.A., T.

Stat. v.c. open forest 10

Gray; marked whitish on hind-neck, marked dusky-gray chest; crown, about eye, ear, chin black; wing tinged yellow; tail tipped white; legs, bill, skin behind eye bright yellow; f., smaller. Insects, fruit, honey. Noisy.

=369 Yellow-throated Miner=, M. flavigula, E.A., S.A., C.A. W.A. (inland).

Stat. r. timber 10

Gray; hind-neck marked whitish, chest marked brown; rump, tip tail white; naked space behind eye; forehead, throat, bill, legs yellow; a little olive-yellow on wing, base-tail; f., smaller. Insects, honey.