_J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith._ _C. Hullmandel Imp._ ] GLYCIPHILA ALBIFRONS, _Gould_. White-fronted Honey-eater. _Glyciphila albifrons_, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part VIII. p. 160. _Goȍl-be-g̏ool-burn_, Aborigines of the mountain districts of Western Australia. _Black-throated Honey-sucker_, Colonists of Swan River. I first observed this fine new species of _Glyciphila_ in the great Murray scrub of South Australia, where I succeeded in killing several specimens of both sexes; it is also an inhabitant of the York and other inland districts of Western Australia, and Captain Sturt obtained an example during one of his overland journeys from Sydney to Adelaide: we may consequently infer that, like many others, it is a species peculiar to the interior, where it probably supplies the place of the Fulvous-fronted Honey-eater, so abundantly dispersed along the line of coast. In its disposition the present bird is remarkably shy, a trait common, it would seem, to all the members of the genus. All those I observed were busily engaged in collecting their insect and saccharine food from the flowers of a species of dwarf _Eucalyptus_, during which their actions much resembled those of the restricted genus _Meliphaga_; but they appeared if possible to hang and cling beneath the branches with even greater facility. Its flight much resembles that of its near ally, being short, performed in sudden starts, and all times unsteady. Its note is a double one, rapidly repeated, and much resembles the double call of the _Pardalotus striatus_, but is much louder and more distinct. The breeding-season lasts from August to February. The nests observed were constructed in the fork of a small dead branch in an exposed situation, and without the slightest shelter; they were very similar to that of _Meliphaga longirostris_, but more shallow and less neatly formed. The eggs also closely resembled those of that bird; the ground colour being delicate buff, clouded with reddish buff at the larger end, and distinctly spotted with chestnut-red and purplish grey, thickly disposed at the larger end, but very sparingly over the rest of the surface; the eggs are nine and a half lines long by seven lines broad. The sexes present no difference in colour or markings, but as usual the female is much less in size.