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. [Page 172] [Illustration: [359] [360] [361] [362] [363] [364]] =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. cassidix_, 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. cratitia_, 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 "Elegant bird;" upper olive-brown; under grayish-white, streaked brown; yellow ear-tuft; f., sim. Honey, insects. Loud ringing note. =363* White-plumed Honey-eater=, Greenie, Linnet (e), Chickoowee; Ringeye (e), Ringneck (e), Australian Canary (e), _P. penicillata_, E.A., S.A., W.A. Stat. v.c. _gardens_ 6.7 Grayish-brown, tinged olive; under light yellowish-brown; long white ear plumes, sometimes not seen until the head is moved; f., smaller. Insects, pollen, honey. Loud ringing notes; "Chick-oo-wee." 5 6 =364* Crescent Honey-eater= (Horseshoe, Tasmanian), Egypt, _Meliornis pyrrhoptera (australasiana)_, N.S.W., V., S.A., T. Stat. c. _forest_, _heath_ 6.2 [Page 173] [Illustration: [365] [366] [367] [368] [369]]
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