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AN AtrSTRALiAN BIRD BOOK. 



2 370*Wattle - Bird, Red Wattle-Bird, Gill-Bird, Wattled 

 2 Honey-eater, Mutton-Bird (e), Acanthcchacra carun- 



culata, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. Stat. c. timber 14.5 

 Brown streaked, lined white; red wattle iin.; whitish 

 below eye, between shoulder and gill; wing quills and 

 tail tipped white; centre abdomen yellow; f., smaller. 

 Insects, honey. "Kwock, kwock;" "Up with the rag." 

 Many curious guttural notes. 



The Helmeted Honey-eater is very rare, and is probably con- 

 fined 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 some 

 thing 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 



