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Wilson, Additional Notes on Helmeted Honey-eater. 



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Additional Notes on the Helmeted Honey-eater 



(Ptilotis cassidix). 



By F. Erasmus Wilson, R.A.O.U., Melbourne. 



Since the publication of a paper by Mr. L. G. Chandler and myself 

 on this bird (see The Emu, vol. x., p. 37), I have collected the 

 following additional notes. 



After removing a clutch of eggs early in the season I affixed a 

 few pieces of pink cotton wool in a fork of a tea-tree to see if the 

 birds would utilize it in their new nest. On finding their nest 



Vellow-tufted Honey-eater {Ptilotis cassidix) on Nest. 



some time later, I was pleased to see a pair of eggs resting on a 

 lining composed of the cotton wool. One nest found during the 

 season had its lining composed entirely of the green leaves of a 

 shrub {Pomaderris apetala). 



While observing one nest containing young I was surprised to 

 see that the chicks were attended by two pairs of adult birds, who 



