MYZANTHA FLAVIGULA, Gould.
Yellow-throated Miner.
Myzanthaflavigula, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part VII. p. 143.
T h i s species inhabits the interior of New South Wales, where it is tolerably abundant in most of the belts
o f Eucalypti bordering the river Namoi and' all similar situations : although it has many o f the habits and
actions of its near ally the Myzantha garrula, it is much more shy in disposition, less noisy, and more
disposed to frequent the tops o f the trees; and so exclusively does it replace the
districts alluded to that the latter does not occur therein.
I did not succeed in finding the nest, but the fact of my having shot very j
bitable evidence that the bird breeds in the localities above-mentioned.
The sexes are alike in plumage.
Naked space behind the eye, forehead, upper part of the throat, and the tips o f s
side o f the neck citron-yellow ; rump and upper tail-coverts white ; back of the neck and back grey, each
feather obscurely barred with white near the t ip ; lores and ear-coverts black, the latter crossed with
f grey; throat, cheeks, and all the under surface white, the feathers of the chest crossed by a
nark o f brown; wings and tail dark brown, the outer webs of the primaries, many o f the se<
and the basal portion of the tail-feathers dull citron-yellow; all the
bright orange-yellow; feet yellow; irides leaden-brown.
The figures represent the two sexes of th<
tipped \ 1 white ;