Upper dusky-brown; white spiny feathers, below eye to ear; throat, chest rufous; abdomen whitish, streaked dusky-brown; tail tipped white; f., sim. Insects, honey. Many peculiar loud notes, a plaintive trill. 3 3 =373* Blue-faced Honey-eater=, Banana-Bird, Blue-eye, _Entomyzon cyanotis_, E.A., S.A. Stat. c. _timber_ 12 Attractive, beautiful; upper golden olive-green; head, hind-neck black; throat dusky; line on hind-neck, side throat, under white; about eye blue; f., sim. Insects, honey. Loud monotonous call. 3 8 =374* Friar-Bird=, Monk, Leatherhead, Four-o'-clock, Pimlico, Poor Soldier, _Tropidorhynchus corniculatus_, E.A., S.A. Insects. Nom. c. _open forest_, _orchard_ 13.2 Head naked, ink-black; knob on bill; brown; tail tipped white; silver-white lanceolate feathers on throat; f., sim. Noisy, "Tobacco-box," "four-o'-clock." Fruit. 2 12 =375* Yellow-throated Friar-Bird=, Little Leatherhead, _Philemon citreigularis_, N. Ter., E.A., S.A., N.W.A. Nom. r. _timber_ 10 Upper brown; under pale brown; throat yellow (young), white (adult); the colored plate shows a young bird; the adult loses yellow on throat, black on face, grayish marks on back, and becomes "one of the plainest of birds"; f., similar to adult male. Insects, berries, honey. "Five-o'-clock." F. 145. _Mniotiltidae_, American Warblers, 231 sp.--2(0)P., 80(12)Nc., 219(151)Nl. F. 146. _Drepanididae_, Sandwich Island Honeyeaters, 40 sp. A. [Page 176] [Illustration: [376] [376^A] [377] [377^A] [377^B] [377^C]] F. 147. MOTACILLIDAE (2), Pipits, Wagtails, 107 sp.--11(6)A., 32(6)O., 53(12)P., 49(32)E., 7(1)Nc., 1 55 =376* Australian Pipit=, Ground-Lark, _Anthus australis_, A., T. =vt. Eur. Pipit. Part-Mig. v.c. _grass_ 7 Upper dark-brown, feathers edged lighter; buff stripe above eye; under white streaked dark-brown; most streaked on chest; outer-tail white; f., sim. Insects, small seeds. Sometimes soars singing melodiously. F. 148. ALAUDIDAE (4), Larks, Skylark, Horned-Larks, Shore-Larks, 224 sp.--6(6)A., 45(29)O., 69(48)P., 108(99)E., 18(10)Nc., 11(4)Nl. [Page 177] 1 12 =376^A Skylark=, _Alauda arvensis_, Eur., N. Afr., V. (introduced). Mig. c. _grass_ 7 Upper warm-brown mottled, streaked darker; stripe over eye lighter; throat, chest brownish-buff, streaked brown; abdomen yellowish-white; f., smaller. Insects, seeds. Sings soaring; famous songster. 4 45 =377* Bush-Lark=, Horsfield Bush-Lark, Skylark (e), _Mirafra horsfieldi_, E.A., W.A. Stat. r. _grass_ 5.3 Like 376, but plumper, shorter; bill stouter, almost finch-like; f., sim. Insects, small seeds. Sings melodiously soaring, also on moonlight nights; "one of our most pleasing songsters."