.VESTS .IXD EGGS Of AUSJ KALIAN BIRDS. 



377 



The following is ouc of Mr. W. B. Barnard's notes on Uie same 

 species : — " 1 am sending you a skin of tliis little Honeyeater. or 

 ' Weaver Bird,' wliicli builds a hanging nest composed of tea-tree 

 f Melaleuca ) bark, with entrance at the side ; length about six inches ; 

 lays two long eggs, white, with minute black spot*. Builds in the 

 forest countiy in November and December, usually in little trees about 

 ten feet liigh. " 



Breeding months, end of August to March. 



314. — Glycyphila albiauricularis, Ramsay. 

 BROADBENT HONEYEATER. 



f 1/,'Kff — Gould-Sharpe ; Birds of New Guinea, vol iii., pi 45 

 Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus , vol. ix , p 217 



Geographical Distribution. — ^North Queensland and New Guinea. 



A'ev* ai(d Egys. — Undescribed. 



Observations. — The discovery of this small Honeyeater was due to 

 the energies of that persevering field-collector, Mr. Kendall Broadbent, 

 who fust found it in south-eastern New Guinea. In the great folio 

 work of the birds of that country Dr. Sharpe clearly contrasts the 

 species with its close aJlics. 



315. — Entomophila picta, Gould. — (326) 

 PiVINTED HONEYEATER. 



Figiire.—CiOuM : Birds of .\ustralia, fol., \ol iv , pi. 50. 

 Ue/ereitce.—Ca.i. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. ix , p. 219 



Geograpliicti/ Distribution. — New South Wales, Victoria, and South 

 Australia. 



A'est. — The frailest structure possible, most ingeniously suspended 

 by the rim to the twigs and thick drooping leaves of the Aracia 

 pendula, and entirely composed of very fine fibrous roots (Gould). 



Eggs.—\] ndcscribed. 



Obxervations. — Gould states that tliis beautiful little Honeyeater is 

 an inhabitant of the interior of New South Wales, where he found it 

 frequenting the myalls (Acacia) and other trees bordering the extensive 

 plains. 



