An Australian Bird Book Part 46
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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.
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=353* Regent Honey-eater= (Warty-faced), Turkey-Bird (Mock Regent), Flying Coachman, _Meliphaga phrygia_. S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.
Nom. flocks r. _eucalypts_ 9.2
One of the most beautiful of birds; see colored plate; richly contrasted black and yellow; warty patch about eye; pugnacious; f., sim. Ringing "Clink-clank."
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=354 Fuscous Honey-eater=, _Ptilotis fusca_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., (exc. dry parts).
Stat. c. _open forest_ 6.2
Grayish-brown, quills dark-brown, edged yellow; a circle blackish feathers round eye; pale yellow ear tufts; under whitish, chest faintly streaked brownish; f., smaller.
Insects, honey.
=355* Yellow-eared Honey-eater= (Lewin), _P. chrysotis_, E.A.
Stat. c. _humid scrubs_ 9
Upper olive-green, under lighter; large bright yellow ear tufts; gape straw-white; about eye blackish. Insects, honey.
Quavering whistling notes.
=356* Singing Honey-eater= (Large-striped), _P. sonora_, A.
exc. extreme N.
Stat. c. _forest_, _scrub_ 7.5
Upper brown; black stripe through eye to side of neck; faint yellow band below black stripe; bright yellow ear patch, behind this a small white patch; throat whitish; under gray, faintly streaked blackish; f., sim. Insects, berries. Loud calls.
=357* Yellow-faced Honey-eater= (Yellow-gaped), Chick-up, Love-Bird (e), _P. chrysops_, E.A., S.A.
Stat. c. _scrub_ 6.8
Ashy-brown; two black lines along side of face, bright yellow band between these to ear tufts; spot of white behind ear; throat grayish-white; chest ashy-brown; f., sim. Insects, honey. Strong musical call.
=358* White-eared Honey-eater=, _P. leucotis_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A.
Stat. c. _scrub_, _timber_ 8
Fine, showy bird; upper, abdomen yellowish-olive; head dark-gray; throat, chest black; ear patch pure white: f., smaller. Insects. Loud ringing note.
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=359* Yellow-tufted Honey-eater= (Golden-tufted, Black-faced, Spectacled), Yellow-Whiskers, _P. melanops (auricomis)_, S.Q., N.S.W., V.
Stat. c. _eucalypts_ 7.8
"One of the most beautiful of birds," crown olive-yellow; throat, about ear bright yellow; black from bill, round eye above ear; upper dark-brown; under yellow; f., smaller.
Insects, honey. Varied, high-pitched notes.
=360* Helmeted Honey-eater=, _P. ca.s.sidix_, V.
Stat. r. _forest_ 8.5
"This splendid" Honey-eater; greenish-black; head black; crown, ears, under yellow; tail tipped white; about eye black; f., smaller, paler. Insects.
=361 Wattled-cheeked Honey-eater=, _P. crat.i.tia_, V., S.A., W.A.
Stat. r. _eucalypts_ 7
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
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