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building a nest at Sedan, on the Cloncurry. on 8th March, iQio, but 

 deserted it after completion. Another nest, containing small young 

 birds, was found at Byromine on the 9th April ; one on the Gregory 

 River road, on the 17th July, containing one egg ; and a fourth building 

 near Burketown on the 23rd July. 



Male, taken on 21st February — irides dark brown, bill blackish- 

 brown, legs olive-brown. Stomach contents, bronze-green ants and 

 small beetles. 



Ptilotis flava. Yellow Honey-eater. — First noted at the Jardine 

 River, Cape York, where they were common in the open forest and 

 along the river and where their bold, loud, and clear whistling note 

 was constantly heard. 



(^, iris greyish-brown ; upper mandible brownish-black, lower 

 mandible dark brown : legs yellowish-olive. Stomach contents, honey 

 and insects. 



Ptilotis leilavalensis. Pallid Honey-eater. — Numerous throughout 

 the Gulf country in eucalypts and tea-tree. One nest was found, 

 containing eggs, on the i8th March. In habits they resemble closely 

 P. penicillata of southern latitudes. 



Ptilotis unicolor. White-gaped Honey-eater. — These fine, large 

 Honey-eaters were first met with on the Leichhardt River beyond 

 Caloola Station ; thence onward to Burketown they became more 

 numerous. They are very noisy birds, with a loud whistling note, 

 and were never met with away from the tea-tree which borders the 

 rivers. 



(^, taken on 12th June — irides greyish-brown, bill black, naked patch 

 of skin at base of upper mandible bright sulphur-yellow, legs dark 

 slate. Stomach contained skins and seeds of the wild grape, portions 

 of mistletoe flowers, and ladybird beetles. The female resembled the 

 male in these particulars. 



Trichodere cockerelli. Cockerell Honey-eater. — Mr. INI'Lennan found 

 this very beautiful Honey-eater to be fairly plentiful in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Jardine River, Cape York Peninsula, in March, 

 April, and May, 191 1. In December they were in numbers in the 

 black tea-tree country between Paira and Peak Point, but disappeared 

 within a month In their habits they closely resemble the members 

 of the genus Glyciphila, and their call is almost indistinguishable 

 from that of Stigmatops ocularis. 



On the 24th April, 191 1, one of these birds was found building its 

 • nest in the fork of a small tea-tree 2 feet from the ground at the edge 

 of a swamp, the nest being composed of fine rootlets bound together 

 with spiders' webs. 



The first clutch of eggs was found on the 9th of May, 191 1, the nest 

 being 2 feet from the ground in a small tea-tree. Four old nests 

 were found in the vicinity, and one containing two half-fledged young 

 birds, in similar bushes, all at about 2 feet from the ground 



On the loth May, 191 1, another nest was found, again in a small 

 tea-tree bush at about 18 inches from the ground. An old nest was 

 near by in another bush. On the 15th a nest was found containing 

 two young birds, and another pair of young birds that had iust left 

 the nest was seen, and one obtained for a skin. 



In an adult male taken on the 12th March the soft parts were as 

 follows:—,^, irides reddish-brown, bill black, naked skin at gape dark 

 greenish-blue legs dark slate. Stomach contents, honey and small 



