MELIPHAGID.E. 



Ill 



Their nest is composed of grasses^ wherein the female 

 deposits two eggs. 



The t}^e of this sub-family^ — 



The Sanguineous Honey-creeper {Myzomela cher- 

 mesinia), is a Leaiitiful little biid, an inhabitant of the 

 thick brushes of New South Wales, particularly those 

 near the coast, and tho?«e clothing the hilly jiortions of 

 the interior. It is rarely, if ever, found among the 

 trees in the open part of the country ; and there is reason 

 to believe that the south-eastern side of the continent is 

 its natural and restricted habitat. It gives a decided 

 preference to those parts of the forest that abound with 

 flowering plants, whose fragrant blossoms attract large 

 numbers of insects of various kinds, upon which, and the 

 pollen of the flower-cups, it chiefly subsists. 



