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uncommon in all localities excepting on Hecla Island and the shores of 

 Parry Harbour. The nesting season appears to be from the beginning of 

 February to April. Nests are built of grass and spider web on the outside, 

 and lined with fine pieces of grass and rootlets. Dimensions of nests in 

 inches : — Outside— length, 3 ; breadth, 2.6 ; depth, 1.3. Inside — length, 1.9 ; 

 breadth, 1.8 ; depth, 1.2. 



Measurements of birds in mm. .• — 



Dic.EUM HIRUNDINACEUM (Mistletoe-Bird). 



These birds were not uncommon in all localities I visited. Mistletoes 

 {Loraiit/ius), of which there aresi.K varieties near Napier Broome Bay, afford 

 a regular and abundant food supply. The nesting season commences at the 

 beginning of January. 



Pard.\lotus UROPYtilALls (Chestnut-rumped Pardalote). 



Although some birds remained in the district throughout the ten months 

 I was there, it was not until the middle of March that they became 

 numerous. The nesting season commenced at the end of April, and was at 

 its height at the end of July. Most of the nesting burrows, vi'hich vary in 

 length from 18 inches to 2 feet, were made in the sides of holes dug in the 

 sandy soil by pigs in search of roots ; others were made in the banks of 

 creeks and watercourses. Under favourable conditions, nine days are 

 occupied from the commencement of the burrow to the completion of the nest. 

 The egg chamber is invariably lined with coarse pieces of eucalypt bark. 

 Two eggs are laid. Small insects gathered from the flowers of a Grevillca 

 and eucalypts form the principal article of food, in collecting which the 

 feathers of the throat and forehead frequently become matted with honey and 

 pollen. Lizards are responsible for the destruction of many nests. 



Measurements of birds in mm. : — 



Total length. Wing. Tarsus. liill. Tail. 



Melu HREPlUS ALUlGULARis (White-throated Honey-eater). 

 A resident species. 

 Measurements in birds in mm. : — 



