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M brevirostris, Gould,

M chloropsis, Gould, Swan River H73

M albogularis, Gould, White-throated H

(as well as pl 51)74

M melanocephalus, Gould, Black-headed H75

Myzantha garrula, Vig and Horsf, Garrulous H 76

M obscura, Gould, Sombre H77

M lutea, Gould, Luteous H78

In the Supplement of 1869 Gould adds--

Plate

Ptilotis cassidix, Jard, Helularis, Gould, Fasciated H40

P notata, Gould, Yellow-spotted H41

P filigera, Gould, Streaked H42

P cockerelli, Gould, cockerell's H43

Tropidorhynchus buceroides, Helmeted H44

[Note--The Brush Wattle-birds, Friar-birds, Spine-bills, and the Yellow-throated Minah, are known as Honey-eaters, and the whole series are sometimes called Honey-birds]

1897 A J Campbell (in `The Australasian,' Jan 23), p 180, col i:

”The honey-eaters orfeature 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 ue is especially for 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?'”

<hw>Honey-Eucalypt</hw>, n See Box-tree, Yellow

<hw>Honey-flower</hw>, n Lambertia formosa, Ston, `History of New South Wales,' c iv

p 101:

”Theyreturneddreadfully exhausted, having existed chiefly by sucking the wild honey-flower and shrubs”

1889 J H Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p 37:

”`Honey-flower' or `honeysuckle,' a plant as well known to small boys about Sydney as to birds and insects It obtains its vernacular nae quantity of a clear honey-like liquid the flowers contain After sucking soenerally produces nausea and headache”

<hw>Honey-plant</hw>, n naiven in Tasmania to Richea scoparia Hook, NO Epacris