414 A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE MUDGEE DISTRICT, 



104. Anthoch^ra carunculata, Lath, 



Common all over the district, but most plentiful in July, when 

 the red-flowering ironbark (E. sideroxyloii) is in blossom, at 

 which time the succeeding species also is most abundant. Called 

 " Wattle-bird " or " Gill-bird." 



105. Philemon corniculatus, Lath. 



Eggs taken in November. Local name " Leather-head," Native 

 name " Quallarogong." 



106. Philemon citreogularis, Gld. 



A young bird shot eating fruit on February 15th, 1886, and a 

 large flock observed by us at Cullenbone on November 12th same 

 year, are all we have seen of this species in the district. 



107. ACANTHORHYNCHUS TENUIROSTRIS, Lath. 



This species is rave in all parts of the district except at Cooyai 

 where it is extremely common. It feeds on mistletoe berries, 

 honey, and small insects, and is very commonly noticed in Acacia 

 discolor^ when that shrub is in bloom. 



108. Myzomela nigra, Gld. 



Two males were shot out of a large flock feeding on the 

 blossoms of Robinia at Springfield in September. A single female 

 was seen by us at Guntawang in March, and one at Cullenbone 

 on May 1st. The bird is a western species, we believe, and 

 had far overlapped its ordinary bounds in coming here. 



109. Entomyza cyanotis, Swains. 



Sometimes this bird makes a depression on top of the nest of a 

 Pomatostomus to lay in, but more usually it goes inside. It very 

 rarely builds a nest of its own, but when it does, it is of the same 

 type as that of the Leather-head. Eggs November 2nd. It is 

 locally known as " Blue-head " and " Green-baker," the latter 

 name being probably a corruption of Green-back or backer, in 

 allusion to its olive-yellow back. 



