. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 168 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD F. 142. NECTARINIIDAE (1), SUN-BIRDS, 234 sp — 36(33)A., 77i74)0., 2(1)P., 123(122)E. F. 143. Promeropidae, Promerops, 2 sp. E. (S. Afr.). F. 144. MELIPHAGIDAE (88), HONEY-EATERS, Honey- Suckers (-Birds), 251 sp.—250 (250) A., 1(1)0. 11 342*White-naped Honey-eater (Lunulated), Blackcap, 11 Melithreptus atricapillus, , , V., , Kent Group. Stat. ' timber Upper yellowish-olive; quills brown; head, hind-neck black; narrow white band on nape; under white; n
. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 168 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD F. 142. NECTARINIIDAE (1), SUN-BIRDS, 234 sp — 36(33)A., 77i74)0., 2(1)P., 123(122)E. F. 143. Promeropidae, Promerops, 2 sp. E. (S. Afr.). F. 144. MELIPHAGIDAE (88), HONEY-EATERS, Honey- Suckers (-Birds), 251 sp.—250 (250) A., 1(1)0. 11 342*White-naped Honey-eater (Lunulated), Blackcap, 11 Melithreptus atricapillus, , , V., , Kent Group. Stat. ' timber Upper yellowish-olive; quills brown; head, hind-neck black; narrow white band on nape; under white; naked patch about eye orange-scarlet; f., sim.; young no black cap. Tame. Honey, pollen, insects. Peevish, half- whistling note. is the Honey-eaters. Flowering eucalypts and other myrtaceous plaDts, with their honey-bearing flowers and usually inedible fruits, are the characteristic Australian trees; so are these birds, depending so largely on the honey of these brilliant flowers and the insects which visit them, the characteristic Australian birds. The Honey-eaters form a very large family, and are found throughout the Australian region as far as New Zealand and away to the Sandwich Islands, which, zoologically, belong to Aus- tralia. Strange it is that only one species should have spread to the west across Wallace's line to the island of Bali. These birds are provided with a brush tongue, which is used in brushing up honey from the flowers. They have usually a long, slender, curved. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leach, John Albert, 1870-1929; Horn Scientific Expedition (1894). Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs
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