different explanation is required, for the Skunk does not trouble
to run away when a possible enemy appears. The bright color is here
regarded as an "advertizing color." The Skunk has other means of
protection, and he is labelled dangerous or objectionable, just as our
one poisonous Spider is plainly labelled dangerous by means of a red
stripe. An inexperienced enemy may rush at the Skunk, but the means
of protection enjoyed by it effectively protects it, and the enemy
retires.
It is a rule recognized by collectors that conspicuous animals have
generally some effective means of protection, and they are best left
alone, or at least taken with caution. This is readily understood when
it is considered that a young, inexperienced chicken will rush at a
brightly-colored caterpillar. He then retires, endeavoring to get rid
of the objectionable taste. For the future, he avoids brightly-colored
animals. Thus the bright color is an obvious advantage to its
possessor, as it saves a dangerous peck. It is also an advantage to
its enemies, for it saves them an unpleasant experience. We are told
the Parrot is the only bird with a sense of taste, but it seems that
the chicken possesses one also.
Still another phase of color is shown by Diamond-Birds, where three
species have a yellow spot, a red spot, or an orange spot respectively
on the wing. It is also shown by the Red-breasted Robins. One has
a white forehead, one a white cap, and the third a red cap. These
colored patches are considered to be recognition marks, so that a bird
can recognize its mate, or a bird of its own kind, readily and with
certainty.
That rarely-seen, but beautiful, bird, the Mistletoe-Swallow, is
fairly common. From several points of view, it is of great interest.
Ranging from India, through Malaysia, to Australia, it did not reach
Tasmania. Possibly Bass Strait was formed before this bird reached
Southern Victoria. Interesting, also, is the fact that no mistletoe is
found in Tasmania. This bird is closely associated with the mistletoe,
for, wherever you find it, you find the mistletoe. It furnishes
another example of those interesting partnerships between animals and
plants. It is not related to Swallows, but while it sits on a bough,
its external form somewhat resembles that of a Swallow. Its nest
is one of the most beautiful of all nests--a finely-felted, domed
structure, often suspended in a clump of mistletoe. This bird has a
long-continued, pretty, animated song, which is seldom heard, for
it is low, and, as the bird is high in the tree-tops, it might be
inaudible; but the main reason is probably that our ears are not
attuned to pick out these fine songs. It is said that Tyndall found
the insects on the Alps almost deafening, while his companions heard
nothing. So it is with the high-pitched call of a Bat. Have you heard
one? Few have.
The Mistletoe-Swallow should be called the Australian Flower-Pecker,
for it is our one representative of a large genus, best developed in
the Indian Region.
Placed at present in Family 141 with the little Mistletoe-Bird are the
Diamond-Birds of Australia, the plumage of our common kind of which is
"so variegated and beautiful as to render description impossible."
The Diamond-Birds are restricted to Australia. Though they are found
mainly in high tree-tops, whence they prettily and continuously call
"wit-e-chu" and "wit-loo," some usually nest in a bank of earth. The
bank of a dam, the side of a creek, and the earth suspended on the
roots of a fallen tree are favorite places. Some people find the
continuous, musical note annoying, and have named the Diamond-Bird the
Headache-Bird. Others find it entertaining, and syllabize it as "Sweet
Dick," or "Sleep, Baby."
Three of these birds are recognized by a small, bright spot on the
side of the wing. In one this spot is said to be red, in another it is
orange, and in the third yellow. However, Gould said the young of the
Red-tipped had the orange tip, and later investigation seems to be
supporting his view, for the Orange-tipped is possibly not a
different species, but only a phase of the Red-tipped. One of our bird
observers, Mr. F. Wilson, has lately recorded finding the nest of
a pair of Pardalotes, of which one was red-tipped and the other
orange-tipped. The Yellow-tipped is said to be the commonest bird
in Tasmania. These birds are plentifully spotted, "spotted like the
pard," hence the name Pardalote, Panther-Bird, or Diamond-Bird.
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F. 135. PARIDAE (5), TITMICE, Tits, 206 sp.--5(5)A., 55(48)O.,
88(78)P., 32(32)E., 34(28)Nc., 8(5)Nl.
4
4
=327* Whiteface=, White-faced Titmouse (Squeaker),
_Aphelocephala (Xerophila) leucopsis_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.,
C.A., W.A. (interior).
Stat. small flocks, c. _plains_ 4
Upper olive-brown; forehead, face white; under pale-buff; tail
tipped white; f., sim. Small seeds. Sweet chirping notes.
F. 136. _Chamaeidae_, Wren-Tits, 3 sp. Nc. (W.U.S.). The only
family of birds restricted to the Nearctic Region.
F. 137. _Regulidae_, Gold-crested Wren, Fire-crested Wren,
Kinglet, 20 sp.--6(5)O., 9(7)P., 1(0)E., 4(2)Nc. 4(2)Nl.
F. 138. SITTIDAE (8), NUTHATCHES, 60 sp.--12(11)A., 21(18)O.,
18(16)P., 1(1)E., 10(7)Nc., 3(1)Nl.
8
10
=328* Orange-winged Nuthatch= (Tree-runner, Bark-pecker),
Woodpecker (e), _Neositta (Sittella) chrysoptera_, E.A., S.A.
Stat. r. _open forest_ 4.5
Head brown; upper gray streaked black; wing dark-brown with
rich rufous band; upper base tail white; tail black tipped
white; under gray; under base tail white barred brown;
bill sharp slightly upturned; f., head darker. Insects.
"Chip-chip."
=329 Black-capped Nuthatch= (Tree-runner, Bark-pecker),
Woodpecker (e), _N. pileata_, N.S.W., V., S.A., C.A., W.A.,
N.W.A.
Stat. r. _open timber_ 4.7
Grayish-brown; upper base tail white; cap black; quills
blackish-brown with rich rufous band; tail black tipped white;
forehead, stripe over eye, under white; thighs blackish-brown;
f., head, face, hind-neck black. Insects.
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[Illustration: [330] [331] [332] [333] [334] [335]]
F. 139. CERTHIIDAE (8), CREEPERS, 39 sp.--10(10)A., 13(12)O.,
9(8)P., 1(1)E., 5(4)Nc., 3(2)Nl.
9
10
=330* Brown Tree-Creeper=, Woodpecker (e), _Climacteris
picumna_, E.A., S.A. =vt. Eur. Creeper.
Stat. c. _open timber_ 7.2
Crown blackish-brown; line over eye buff; throat buff with
few blackish spots; upper brown; wings banded buff; under
grayish-brown; flanks striped white; f., throat chestnut
spots. Insects. Sharp piercing cry. Creep _up_ a tree.
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=331* White-throated Tree-Creeper=, Woodpecker (e), _C.
scandens_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T.
Stat. c. _forest_ 6.5
Crown sooty-black; back olive-brown; buff band on wing;
throat, centre-abdomen white; flanks brownish-black striped
white; f., orange spot below ear. Insects. Shrill piping cry.
Creeps _up_.
=332 Red-browed Tree-Creeper=, _C. erythrops_, S.Q., N.S.W.,
V., W.A.
Stat. v.r. _rough barked trees_ 6
Back brown; head blackish-brown; forehead marked dusky-gray;
rump, tail gray; buff band on wing; face, stripe above eye
rust-red; throat white; under grayish-brown striped white; f.,
face brighter; throat rust-red, striped white. Insects. Creeps
up.
=333 White-browed Tree-Creeper=, _C. superciliosa_, Q.,
N.S.W., V., S.A., C.A., W.A.
Stat. v.r. _timber_ 5.7
Upper brown; wings rich fawn band; broad white stripe over
eye; under grayish-brown; abdomen striped white; f., narrow
line rust-red above the white eyebrow; tail washed with gray.
Insects. Creeps up.
F. 140. ZOSTEROPIDAE (14), WHITE-EYES, Silver-eyes, 171
sp.--83(80)A., 38(34)O., 4(3)P., 50(50)E.
13
157
=334* White-eye= (Silver, Ring, Glass-), Blight-Bird
(Spectacled-), Grape-eater, Silve, Tauhou, _Zosterops
coerulescens_, E.A., S.A., T., N.Z., Chatham Is.
Stat. v.c. _open gardens_ 4.5
Crown, wings, tail olive; back dark-gray; white ring round
eye; throat, centre-abdomen, under base tail whitish; flanks
chestnut-brown; sometimes throat, side-head yellow; f., sim.
Insects, fruit. Pretty lively song.
=335 Gray White-eye=, _Z. bowiae_, V. (Marong). One specimen
only. Mathews now says it is 334.
Like 334, but gray instead of olive, abdomen darker.
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[Illustration: [328] [330] [331] [334] [336] [336^A] [337] [340] [341]]
=328= Orange-winged Nuthatch
=330= Brown Tree-Creeper
=331= White-throated Tree-Creeper
=334= White-eye
=336= Flower-Pecker
=336A= Flower-Pecker (Female)
=337= Red-tipped Diamond-Bird
=340= Spotted Diamond-Bird
=341= Golden-rumped Diamond-Bird
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[Illustration: [342] [345] [346] [347] [348] [349] [350] [351] [353]]
=342= White-naped Honey-eater
=345= Striped Honey-eater
=346= Sanguineous Honey-eater
=347= Black Honey-eater
=348= Spinebill
=351= Painted Honey-eater
=349= Tawny-crowned Honey-eater
=350= White-fronted Honey-eater
=353= Regent Honey-eater
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[Illustration: [355] [356] [357] [358] [359] [362] [363] [364] [365]]
=355= Yellow-eared Honey-eater
=356= Singing Honey-eater
=357= Yellow-faced Honey-eater
=358= White-eared Honey-eater
=359= Yellow-tufted Honey-eater
=362= Yellow-plumed Honey-eater
=363= White-plumed Honey-eater
=364= Crescent Honey-eater
=365= White-bearded Honey-eater
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[Illustration: [360] [366] [367] [368] [370] [372] [373] [374]]
=360= Helmeted Honey-eater
=366= White-cheeked Honey-eater
=367= Bell-Miner
=368= Noisy Miner
=370= Wattle-Bird
=372= Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater
=373= Blue-faced Honey-eater
=374= Friar-Bird
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[Illustration: [336] [337] [338] [339] [340] [341]]
F. 141. DICAEIDAE (11), FLOWER-PECKERS, 113 sp.--57(57)A.,
56(56)O.
1
74
=336* Australian Flower-Pecker=, Mistletoe-Bird (-Swallow),
_Dicaeum hirundinaceum_, A.
Stat. c. _treetops_ 3.5
Black glossed steel-blue; throat, breast, under base tail
scarlet; abdomen white, black patch down centre; flanks
dusky; f.,* throat, centre-abdomen buff; under base tail pale
scarlet. Honey, pollen, fruits, insects. Pretty, feeble song.
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10
=337* Red-tipped Diamond-Bird= (Striated, -Pardalote),
Wittychu, Pickwick, Chuck-e-chuc, _Pardalotus ornatus_, S.Q.,
N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A.
Stat. c. _treetops_, _scrub_ 4.2
Crown, wings, tail black spotted, lined white; back gray; rump
brown; throat yellow; red spots side of wing, yellow stripe
from bill above eye joins white stripe to nape; centre-abdomen
white; flanks pale-brown, tinged yellow; f., sim. Insects.
"Wit-e-chu."
=338 Orange-tipped Diamond-Bird= (Ramsay, -Pardalote), _P.
assimilis_, E.A., C.A.
Stat. v.c. _treetops_, _timber_ 4.3
Like 337, but upper paler; orange spots on wing; as a rule
only one feather in the wing edged with white; Gould thought
it the young of 337; f., sim. Insects. "Wit-e-chu."
=339 Yellow-tipped Diamond-Bird=, Allied Pardalote, _P.
affinis_, E.A., S.A., T., Bass St. Is.
Stat. c. _timber_ 4.3
Like 337, 338, but yellow spot on side of wing; head black,
striped white; yellow stripe from bill joins white stripe
above eye; back grayish-brown; upper base tail olive-brown;
tail black, tip spotted white; throat yellow; centre abdomen
white; flanks buffy-brown; wings black, tipped white, a few
feathers lined white; f., sim. Insects. "Witloo." "Sleep,
Baby."
=340* Spotted Diamond-Bird= (Pardalote), Diamond Dyke
(Ground), Ground-Diamond, Diamond Sparrow (e), _P. punctatus_,
T., A. (exc. N.A., C.A.).
Stat. v.c. _timber_ 3.3
Head, wings, tail black, spotted white; white stripe above
eye; back grayish-brown, marked buff and black; upper base
tail crimson; throat, under base tail rich yellow; abdomen
fawn; f., duller; head yellow spots; throat whitish. Insects.
"Sleep, Baby," "Sweet Dick."
=341* Golden-rumped Diamond-Bird=, Yellow-rumped Pardalote,
_P. xanthopygius_, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. f., duller. Insects.
Stat. r. _timber_ 3.5
Like 340, but upper base tail golden-yellow; throat, under
base tail golden-yellow; rest under buffy-white.
[Illustration: [342] [343] [344] [345] [346] [347]]
F. 142. NECTARINIIDAE (1), SUN-BIRDS, 234 sp.--36(33)A.,
77(74)O., 2(1)P., 123(122)E.
F. 143. _Promeropidae_, Promerops, 2 sp. E. (S. Afr.)
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Order XXI. (continued)
The most characteristic family of birds of the Australian region is
the Honey-eaters. Flowering eucalypts and other myrtaceous plants,
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 Australia. 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 bill, suitable for exploring flowers. Their feet are well
developed and strong, for they are used while hanging in all sorts
of positions as the flowers are explored. No less than eighty-eight
Honey-eaters are found in Australia, but they are often restricted to
very limited areas, so that no district would contain many kinds of
these birds. Many are well known, though not by the name Honey-eater.
Who does not know the harsh note of the Wattle-Bird (Wattled
Honey-eater)? Again, who does not often meet the Noisy Miner
(Garrulous Honey-eater), a bird that makes such a fuss when a snake
appears that he is sometimes called the Snake-Bird? Is there a city
boy who does not know the Greenie (White-plumed Honey-eater)? Some of
the Honey-eaters are amongst the most beautiful of birds.
The Regent (Warty-faced) Honey-eater is a glory, and is often figured
in British books as one of the world's beautiful birds.
The Helmeted Honey-eater is very rare, and is probably confined to the
deep forests of Gippsland. It is one of the most splendid of
Honey-eaters.
That active city-dweller, the Greenie, is found in almost every large
eucalypt that happens to be in flower. It is pugnacious. As it busily
brushes honey from the flowers, or catches an insect on the wing, the
white ear plume can be seen. Otherwise, it has not conspicuous colors.
Its lively call of "chick-oo-wee" adds something to life for the busy
city toiler.
Now come the Miners. The Noisy Miner is known to nearly everyone. It
is a common visitor to school grounds at lunch time, and is a noisy
bird that is little loved by sportsmen, for it persists in alarming
all game within reach. A second Miner is famous as the Bell-Bird,
better Bell-Miner. The tinkling notes, "like silver bells from a
distant shrine," must be heard in a deep fern gully to be appreciated
fully. The green birds are seldom seen. Kendall has immortalized this
bird in his beautiful poem, "Bell-Birds."
The Wattle-Bird is known to all. It is a pugnacious bird, and has a
rough, disagreeable note. It has a small wattle of naked red flesh
hanging at the side of the neck, hence the name. The bold, pugnacious
Brush Wattle-Bird is not so well known, though its notes are even
more remarkable. Both birds to-day are common in the Melbourne Botanic
Gardens on the flowering plants in the "Australian" section.
The Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater is said to be a rare bird, but there is
probably not a park about Melbourne but has some of these at present,
as well as all through the winter. It is somewhat similar in build
and habits to the Wattle-Birds, but is an elegant and attractive bird,
with many peculiar notes.
The Blue-eye (Blue-faced Honey-eater) is a conspicuous bird in country
districts. He is noisy, and is handsomely attired. His nesting habits
are peculiar, for he often builds in the deserted nest of a Babbler.
The remarkable Friar-Bird has a naked, dark-blue head, and is an
"impudent and daring" bird, that does not hesitate to steal fruit. Its
loud call has been variously interpreted as "Four o'clock," "Pimlico,"
or "Tobacco-box." This bird has a hump on its long curved bill. The
Yellow-throated Friar-Bird, when young, has yellow on the end of the
throat feathers, and has no hump on the bill. It is a summer visitor
to Southern Australia.
The well-known Ground-Lark, or Australian Pipit, is the Australian
representative of the cosmopolitan family (147) of Pipits. Even New
Zealand has its representative of this family. The Wagtails of
Britain and North America belong to this family, whereas the so-called
Australian Wagtail is a flycatcher. Like the other members of its
family, our Ground-Lark, or Pipit, sometimes sings beautifully as it
soars.
The Skylark of Britain comes in the next family (the _Alaudidae_),
which is almost cosmopolitan. This beautiful songster, singing at
Heaven's gate, pours forth a flood of melody. The man who has these
delightful songsters on open land near his home is indeed fortunate.
Australia has its representative of this family--the Bush-Lark, a bird
so remarkably like the Australian Pipit in external appearance that
it is well-nigh impossible to distinguish them in the field. The
Bush-Lark, however, is "shorter, plumper, and has a stouter bill." It
further has a peculiar, greatly undulating flight. It mounts up, then
sinks, then mounts, and so on alternately, "singing all the time very
melodiously, but with a weaker strain than that favorite bird" (the
British Skylark).
Four introduced Finches have succeeded in establishing themselves
in Southern Australia. The Greenfinch is spreading, though slowly. A
specimen was recently sent in from Horsham, in Western Victoria.
The Goldfinch, "one of the prettiest birds in Britain," is spreading
rapidly. It is often to be seen on thistles, for it destroys their
seeds.
The Tree-Sparrow is rare as yet, but the House-Sparrow is already a
serious pest, though probably he has not been valued highly enough as
a weed destroyer. However, it was a pity early colonists did not take
notice of Gould's protests and warnings, for possibly the greatest
harm introduced birds do is the displacing of native birds.
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F. 144. MELIPHAGIDAE (88), HONEY-EATERS, Honey-Suckers
(-Birds), 251 sp.--250(250)A., 1(1)O.
11
11
=342* White-naped Honey-eater= (Lunulated), Blackcap,
_Melithreptus atricapillus_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., Kent
Group.
Stat. v.c. _timber_ 5.5
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.
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=343 Black-chinned Honey-eater= (Black-throated), _M.
gularis_, E.A., S.A., W.A.
Stat. r. _timber_ 6.7
Upper olive-yellow; head, nape black; whitish band on nape
joins white band up to eye; sides of throat white, centre
blackish; chest grayish; sides creamy; centre-abdomen white;
naked skin about eye turquoise-blue; f., sim. Honey, insects,
seeds. Sweet song.
=344 Brown-headed Honey-eater= (Short-billed), _M.
brevirostris_, E.A., S.A., W.A.
Stat. r. _timber_ 5.7
Greenish-olive upper; quills brown; head, nape dark-brown;
whitish band on nape continued as brownish-white band on head;
under creamy; bare skin about eye greenish-blue in winter,
dull yellow (delicate flesh-tint) in summer; f., sim. Honey,
insects. Rough, rattle-like note.
1
1
=345* Striped Honey-eater= (Lanceolated), _Plectoramphus
lanceolatus_, E.A., S.A., W.A. (inland).
Stat. r. _timber_ 8.8
Upper grayish-brown, striped blackish-brown; wing-quills
brown, edged lighter; throat white; under, upper base tail
white; black marks side of neck, flanks. Honey, insects.
Cheerful, loud whistle, "Chirp, chirp, cherry, cherry."
6
52
=346* Sanguineous Honey-eater= (Blood), Humming-Bird (e),
Blood-Bird, _Myzomela sanguinolenta_, E.A. (coastal).
Nom. r. _thick bushes_, _heath_ 4.3
Head, neck, breast, back, upper base tail rich shining
scarlet; side-face, wings, tail black, wings lined lighter;
abdomen buff; f., light brown, lighter below. Pollen, honey,
insects. Beautiful song.
=347* Black Honey-eater=, _M. nigra_, A. exc. N. Ter.
(interior).
Mig. v.r. _plains_ 4.4
Black; side abdomen, under base tail white; f., brown; under
dull-white; breast marked dark-brown; under base tail white.
Insects. Plaintive song.
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[Illustration: [348] [349] [350] [351] [352] [353]]
4
4
=348* Spinebill=, Spinebill Honey-eater, Humming-Bird (e),
Cobbler's Awl, _Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris_, E.A., S.A., T.,
Bass St. Is.
Stat. c. _Banksias_, _heath_ 6.5
Crown, line to crescent on side of chest, wings, tail black;
chest white, chestnut-brown patch on throat; back brown;
abdomen light chestnut-brown; outer tail tipped white; eye
scarlet; f., duller. Insects, honey. Monotonous strong call.
4
12
=349* Tawny-crowned Honey-eater= (Fulvous-fronted),
_Gliciphila melanops (fulvifrons)_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.,
W.A., T., Bass St. Is.
Stat. c. _sandy_, _heathy_ 7
Upper ashy-brown; crown tawny, blackish line from bill past
eye down side of breast; buff spot behind ear; throat, abdomen
white. Insects, honey. Plaintive notes.
=350* White-fronted Honey-eater=, _G. albifrons_, N.S.W., V.,
S.A., W.A., T. (inland).
Stat. c. _dry scrubs_ 5.7
Upper grayish-brown; crown, throat black; forehead, behind
ear white; abdomen white, streaked dark-brown. Insects, honey.
"Tink-tink."
1
1
=351* Painted Honey-eater=, _Entomophila picta_, N.S.W., V.,
S.A. (inland).
Stat. v.r. _plains_ 5.5
Upper black; band on wings, side tail yellow; tip tail white;
abdomen white, faintly streaked brown; f., smaller. Insects.
1
1
=352 Pied Honey-eater=, _Certhionyx variegatus_, N.S.W., V.,
S.A., C.A., W.A., N.W.A.
Stat. v.r. _dry scrubs_ 6.5
Black and white; head, throat, back, wings, tip-tail black;
rest white; f., light-brown upper; under whitish, throat
buffy, streaked dark-brown. Pollen, honey, berries.
1
1
=353* Regent Honey-eater= (Warty-faced), Turkey-Bird (Mock
Regent), Flying Coachman, _Meliphaga phrygia_. S.Q., N.S.W.,
V., S.A.
Nom. flocks r. _eucalypts_ 9.2
One of the most beautiful of birds; see colored plate;
richly contrasted black and yellow; warty patch about eye;
pugnacious; f., sim. Ringing "Clink-clank."
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[Illustration: [354] [355] [356] [357] [358]]
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=354 Fuscous Honey-eater=, _Ptilotis fusca_, S.Q., N.S.W., V.,
(exc. dry parts).
Stat. c. _open forest_ 6.2
Grayish-brown, quills dark-brown, edged yellow; a circle
blackish feathers round eye; pale yellow ear tufts; under
whitish, chest faintly streaked brownish; f., smaller.
Insects, honey.
=355* Yellow-eared Honey-eater= (Lewin), _P. chrysotis_, E.A.
Stat. c. _humid scrubs_ 9
Upper olive-green, under lighter; large bright yellow ear
tufts; gape straw-white; about eye blackish. Insects, honey.
Quavering whistling notes.
=356* Singing Honey-eater= (Large-striped), _P. sonora_, A.
exc. extreme N.
Stat. c. _forest_, _scrub_ 7.5
Upper brown; black stripe through eye to side of neck; faint
yellow band below black stripe; bright yellow ear patch,
behind this a small white patch; throat whitish; under gray,
faintly streaked blackish; f., sim. Insects, berries. Loud
calls.
=357* Yellow-faced Honey-eater= (Yellow-gaped), Chick-up,
Love-Bird (e), _P. chrysops_, E.A., S.A.
Stat. c. _scrub_ 6.8
Ashy-brown; two black lines along side of face, bright yellow
band between these to ear tufts; spot of white behind ear;
throat grayish-white; chest ashy-brown; f., sim. Insects,
honey. Strong musical call.
=358* White-eared Honey-eater=, _P. leucotis_, S.Q., N.S.W.,
V., S.A., W.A.
Stat. c. _scrub_, _timber_ 8