Mimeta is figured and described as a honeysucker in the costly "Voyage de l'Astrolabe," under the name of Philedon bouruensis!. From Wordnik.com. [Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays] Reference
Morty island has a peculiar kingfisher, honeysucker, and starling. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago] Reference
Thus Morty island has a peculiar kingfisher, honeysucker, and starling; Ternate has a ground-thrush (Pitta) and. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference
One of these is a honeysucker named Tropidorhynchus bouruensis, and the other a kind of oriole, which has been called Mimeta bouruensis. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference
The oriole resembles the honeysucker in the following particulars: the upper and under surfaces of the two birds are exactly of the same tints of dark and light brown; the. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference
"During the river voyage we saw now and then single green-coloured kingfishers flying about, and a honeysucker or two, but they were not nearly so numerous as might have been expected in this purely tropical zone. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
The tiny sunbird or honeysucker. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
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