Read Ebook: Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris Edward Ellis

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P. leucotis, White-eared H. ... ... 36

P. auricomis, Yellow-tufted H. ... ... 37

P. cratilius, Gould, Wattle-cheeked H. ... 38

P. ornatus, Gould, Graceful Ptilotis ... 39

P. plumulus, Gould, Plumed P. ... ... 40

P. flavescens, Gould, Yellow-tinted H. ... 41

P. flava, Gould, Yellow H. ... ... 42

P. penicillatus, Gould, White-plumed H. ... 43

P. fuscus, Gould, Fuscous H. ... ... 44

P. chrysops, Yellow-faced H. ... ... 45

P. unicolor, Gould, Uniform H. ... ... 46

Plectorhyncha lanceolata, Gould, Lanceolate H. 47

Zanthomyza Phrygia, Swains., Warty-faced H. .. 48

Melicophila picata, Gould, Pied H. ... ... 49

Entomophila pitta, Gould, Painted H. ... 50

E. albogularis, Gould, White-throated H. ... 51

E. rufogularis, Gould, Red-throated H. ... 52

Acanthogenys rufogularis, Gould, Spiny-cheeked H. ... 53

Anthochaera inauris, Wattled H. ... ... 54

A. Carunculata, Wattled H. ... ... 55

Myzomela sanguinolenta, Sanguineous H. ... 63

M. erythrocephala, Gould, Red-headed H. ... 64

M. pectoralis, Gould, Banded H. ... ... 65

M. nigra, Gould, Black H. ... ... 66

M. obscura, Gould, Obscure H. ... ... 67

Entomyza cyanotis, Swains., Blue-faced Entomyza 68

E. albipennis, Gould, White-pinioned H. ... 69

Melithreptus validirostris, Gould, Strong-billed H. ... ... 70

M. gularis, Gould, Black-throated H. ... 71

M. lunulatus, Lunulated H. ... ... 72

M. brevirostris, Gould,

M. chloropsis, Gould, Swan River H. ... 73

M. albogularis, Gould, White-throated H. ... ... 74

M. melanocephalus, Gould, Black-headed H. ... 75

Myzantha garrula, Vig. and Horsf, Garrulous H. 76

M. obscura, Gould, Sombre H. ... ... 77

M. lutea, Gould, Luteous H. ... ... 78

In the Supplement of 1869 Gould adds--

Plate

Ptilotis cassidix, Jard., Helmeted H. ... 39

P. fasciogularis, Gould, Fasciated H. ... 40

P. notata, Gould, Yellow-spotted H. ... 41

P. filigera, Gould, Streaked H. ... 42

P. Cockerelli, Gould, Cockerell's H. ... 43

Tropidorhynchus buceroides, Helmeted H. ... 44

"The honey-eaters or meliphagous birds are a peculiar and striking feature in Australian ornithology. As Gould points out, they are to the fauna what the eucalypts, banksias, and melaleucas are to the flora of Australia. They are closely adapted to feeding on these trees. That great author asks:-- `What can be more plain than that the brushlike tongue is especially formed for gathering the honey from the flower-cups of the eucalypti, or that their diminutive stomachs are especially formed for this kind of food, and the peculiar insects which constitute a portion of it?'"

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