. A dictionary of birds . HONEY-GUIDE 429 no brilliant colour appears, and those of several genera have nospecial ornamentation, while some have a particularly plain appear-ance. One of the most curious forms is Prosthemadera—the Tui orParson-bird of New Zealand. The Bell-bird of the same country{suprli, p. 31), Anthornis melanura, is another member of thisFamily, and unfortunately seems to be fast becoming extinct, a fate.

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