628 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION D. 
Prinotis FLAVA, Gould. 
“ Yellow-tinted Honey-eater.” 
Figure.—Gould, Bds. of Australia, fol., vol. iv, pl. 42. 
Reference.—Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. ix, p. 246. 
Previous Descriptions of Hggs.—Campbell, Victorian Natural- 
ist (1886) ; North, Cat. Nests and Eggs, Austn. Mus. App. (1890). 
Geographical Distribution.—Northern Territory and North 
Queensland. 
Nest.—Cup-shaped, somewhat shallow ; lightly constructed of 
shreds of bark and a little grass, matted together with yellowish- 
white spiders’ cocoons ; inside lined with light brownish-coloured 
bark ; usually suspended in a low tree; not infrequently in orange 
or lemon trees in an orchard. Dimensions over all: 34 inches by 
2 inches in depth ; egg cavity, 2? inches across by 14 inches deep. 
Lggs.—Clutch 2 ; long oval, compressed towards one end ; tex- 
ture, fine; surface without gloss ; colour, warm white marked, chiefly 
about the apex, with blotches of pinkish-red or pinkish-brown, and 
light purplish-brown. The same character of colouring as is gener- 
ally found on eggs of the Maluri (Wrens). Dimensions of a clutch 
in parts of an inch: (1) ‘91 x ‘62; (2) -86 x ‘61. 
Observations.—The beautiful Yellow-tinted Honey-eater is 
restricted to the coastal region of Northern Queensland, including 
the Gulf of Carpentaria. 
As the orange and lemon trees were flowering in the orchard 
—a somewhat neglected one—adjoining our Cardwell camp, we 
had ample opportunities to observe many graceful Honey-eaters 
which were attracted thither by the seductive nectar of the flowers. 
No doubt many insects were devoured as wellas honey. <At times, 
especially during the morning, the garden was transformed into a 
perfect aviary by the presence of five or six kinds of honey-eaters 
flitting together about the blossom-laden trees, the little Brown 
with its cheerful song, the Dusky Brown-backed, the Yellow- 
spotted, and the Yellow. Perhaps the most prominent visitor for 
song and activity was the lovely Yellow Honey-eater. The memory 
of our camp would be incomplete if not associated with the duets 
of loving pairs of these birds. 
A nest was discovered building in one of the orange trees, but 
an accident befell it before it was completed. Subsequently, on 
the 22nd September (1885), in the Acacia Vale Nurseries (Messrs. 
Gulliver), Townsville, I found another nest containing a pair of 
eggs, also suspended in an orange tree, at a distance of about 4 or 
5 feet from the ground. Further north, in the Bloomfield River 
district, Mr. Le Souéf noticed a nest containing young of this 
species in a Mango tree that was heavily laden with fruit, and 
growing alongside the verandah of a dwelling ; date, October, 
1896. 
