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Everything else is apparently in the shelter of the 

 shade. 



The Wood-Swallow (Artamus sordidus), found 

 also in Tasmania where there is no koel, is one of 

 the foster parents to other cuckoos. 



DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN HONEY- 

 EATERS 



A. Scarlet-headed Honeyeaters. 



B. Spine-bill Honeyeaters. 



C. Bell Honeyeater (Bell Bird). 



The honey-eating family (Meliphagidae) is a 

 large Australian one noted for its brush tongue 

 and: A for colour, B for form, C for voice (map 

 33). Coastal honeyeaters live in sand-dune trees 

 bearing sweets-laden flowers. Mostly they live on 

 eucalypt blossoms which supply sweet liquid. 

 Many find insects in the teatree scrub (Melaleuca). 



A. The red-headed is made up of two species and 



several races b.c.d., one of which is confined 

 for the most part to mangrove inlets of the 

 sea. The southerly range is the Buffalo Mts. 

 and Eastern Gippsland. 



B, The Cobbler's Awl is found on the mainland 



along the eastern side. In Tasmania there is 

 an island race. The western representative 

 between Eyre Peninsula and Cape Leewin has 

 a white eyebrow. 



