the eyes, and below this the cheeks are covered with stiff spines; wings moderate, the first quill-feather very short,
third, fourth and fifth equal and the; longest; tail moderate, nearly equal; feet robust, hind-toe strong and longer
than the middle one, outer toe united at its base to the middle toe ; claws hooked.
The genus Acanthogenys, of which only one species is known, is a form intermediate in size and in structure
between the smaller Honey-eaters (Meliphaga, Ptiloti, &c.) on the one hand, and the larger kinds (.Anthocharce)
on the other.
304. Acanthogenys rufogularis, Gould .......................................................... y 0i j y pi go
This species is widely distributed over the interior of the southern portion of Australia, from east to west; the
sexes are alike in plumage, and the young are very similar, but are destitute of the spines on the cheek, which are
scarcely assumed during the first year. The Banksice are the trees mostly frequented by this bird, the presence of
which is indicative of sterile sandy districts.
Genus A n th o c h je r a , Vig . Sf Horsf.
A genus peculiarly Australian, three species of which are exclusively confined to the southern or extra-tropical
parts of the country, and one to Van Diemen’s Land.
305. Anthocheera inauris, G o u l d .......................................................................................................... ........... j y pj g4
306. Anthochsera c a r u n c u l a t a ................................................................................................ Vol. IV. PI. 55.
307. Anthochsera m e l l iv o r a .......................................................................................................... y 0j j y p j gg
308. Anthochsera lunulata, Gould . . ......... ................................................ I y 0j j y pj
These four birds might with propriety be separated into two genera, those with auricular appendages',
A. inauris and A. carunculata, having many characters differing from those of A. mellivora and A. lunulata.
Genus T r o p id o r h y n c h u s , Vig. <$• Horsf.
The law of representation in Australia is chiefly confined to the species inhabiting the eastern and westerh
coasts, but with the members of this genus it takes the opposite direction, or nqrth and south, for more singular
and perfect representatives of each other cannot be found than are the T. corniculatus and T. citreogularis of the
south-eastern parts of the country, the T. argenticeps and T. sordidus of the north-western. Extra Australian
species inhabit New Guinea and the neighbouring countries.
309. Tropidorhynchus c o r n i c u l a t u s ................................................ ................................................y 0j_ j y pj gg
310. Tropidorhynchus argenticeps, Gould . . . . . . . . . . y 0i |y . pi. 59.
311. Tropidorhynchus citreogularis, G o u l d ....................................................................................... Vol. IV. PI. 60.
312. Tropidorhynchus sordidus.
Inhabits the Cobourg Peninsula, and is precisely similar to T. citreogularis, but is smaller in all its admeasurements
except in the bill, which is more developed.
Genus A c a n t h o r h y n c h u s , Gould.
Bill elongated, slender and acute, compressed on the sides; tomia incurved; cubnen acute and elevated; nostrils
basal, elongated, and covered with an operculum; wings moderate in size and semi-rotund; first and fifth primaries
equal; the third and fourth nearly equal in length, and the longest; tail moderate in size and slightly forked;
tarsi lengthened and strong; middle toe long and robust, external toe exceeding the inner one in length.
This genus, like many others of the family, may be regarded as strictly Australian: it comprises two, if not
three, well-marked species, each of which is confined to a particular p art of the country; the ^ . tenuirostris
dwelling in the eastern, and the A. superciliosus in the western districts : both inhabit countries precisely in the same
degree of latitude, and form beautiful representatives of each other. Van Diemen’s Land is the native habitat of
the species I have named A. dubius, which, as will be seen, I had made synonymous with A. tenuirostris, but which
I am now inclined to consider distinct, an opinion in which Mr. Blyth coincides.
313. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. IV. PI. 61
314. Acanthorhynchus dubius, Gould.
315. Acanthorhynchus superciliosus, Gould . . . . . . . . . . Vol. IV. PI. 62.
Genus Myzomela, Vig. 8f 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, bub is not found in Van
Diemen’s Land.
316. Myzomela sanguineolenta .................................................................. Vol. IV. PI. 63.
317. Myzomela erythrocephala, Gould . ' . ............................................................................................... y 0l. IV. PI. 64.
318. Myzomela pectoralis, Gould . . . . . Vol. IV. PI. 65.
319. Myzomela nigra, Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. IV. PI. 66
320. Myzomela obscura, G o u l d ......................................................................................... ' Vol. IV. PI. 67.
Genus E ntomyza, Swains.
Two species of this well-defined genus are comprised in the Australian fauna, one of which inhabits the southeastern
parts of the country, or New South W ales; 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 . . . Vol. IV PI 68-'
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, G o u ld .......................................................................................................... y 0j j y p j gg
Genus Melithreptus, Vieill.
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 p art of the continent; and they are equally
numerous from east to west, each p art 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 jy . pi 70.
324. Melithreptus gularis, Gould Vol. IV. PI. 71
325. Melithreptus lunulatus . y 0j j y pj 72
326. Melithreptus chloropsis, Gould . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. IV.- PL 73
327. Melithreptus albogularis, Gould . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. IV. PI. 74
328. Melithreptus melanocephalus, Gould . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. IV. PI. 75
Certhia agilis, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. iv. p. 204.