aro 



THE TROPICAL WORLD. 



The Lanceolated Honey Eater cliooses for the site of its 

 pendulous dwelling the thinnest twigs which grow at the 

 summit of tlie enormous gum trees ; where, owing to the great 

 lieight at which it is placed and the surrounding leaves, even 

 the eagle eye of the native Australian can with difficulty detect 

 it ; while the White Throated Honey Eater {Entomophila 



I'TILOTUS SOXORUS. 

 SKRIC'ORNIS CITHEOGULARIS. 



EXTO.M«l-miA nCTA. 



S':N"I0V0PHILA ALBOGfl.AiaS. 

 OlilGMA KL'UiilCATA. 



albogularis), detesting the wind, loves to frequent the dense 

 mangrove thickets which edge the bays and creeks. In these 

 places, often scarcely two feet from the water, and invariably so 

 placed as to be under the protection of a spray of leaves, may 

 be found its curious nest, which is about as large as a breakfast 

 cup, and very much the same shape. 



