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PMIROQUKTS. 



in numbers, feeding upon tlie ripe coiil'S of tlu* 

 Banksia, or honeysuckles;""* and thesmaller chat- 

 tering parroquets were flying about, in liundreds, 

 and TeveLUiig among the Mfi^^j^ trees^ which 

 vm^ nm hi flowa- j and, like to #etejmiiig- 

 birds, they were extracting honey from the nec- 

 taries of the blossoms. On examininp; one that 

 had been shot, the beak was covered, and the 

 mouth filled, wfdi honey, possessing the peculiar 

 camphoiuted smell of md dcin»Ke7s of 

 the tree, mingled with stamina ; the stomach was 

 filled with a dark, thick lioney, among which 

 some quantity of the stamina of tlie Eucalyptic 



dmnm ^w&m wk^hA, ?h$r hh^ Homtis&t 

 paitot a]i^ filpa^ &^oto Irtm ^ iowers^ t& 

 well as from peaches, Sec. The natives, when 

 they kill any of these birds, suck their beaks to 

 extract the honey with which the mouth is usu- 

 My Medj mi ^90 tmtmt ^cottgisted in the 



The aborigines were now collecting about the 

 hxMB in expectation of a feast at the ejisiiing 

 Christmas festival. 1 went up to one who w as 

 busily engaged iti IKimidmgim <j|»os 

 fie sew^ th^ $kim together with the fibres of the 



secrete :i quSBltSl^^f honey, which is attractive to ilie natives, 

 and tlie uum««0U8 j^i'o quels:, hen the trees arc in bbonu 



