330 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
and all through the drier, more hilly, grass-tree covered 
parts of the eastern foothills of the Otway, from Jan 
Juc to the vicinity of Lorne. I think that, owing 
to its depending more on insects and less on flowers, 
it does not move about so much as the Lunulated 
Honeyeater. 
Probably it breeds wherever it is found, but I 
have only seen one nest, which Mr. H. A. Purnell 
discovered in October, 1912, near Jan Juc, in a pro- 
jecting messmate bough about 12 feet from the 
ground. It was larger and less neatly made than the 
Lunulated Honeyeater's, with more grass and less 
bark in its construction. The birds deserted this 
nest before it was finished. 
SANGUINEOUS HONEYEATER 
Myzomela sanguineolenta sanguineolenta 
The only specimen of this bird which, so far as I am 
aware, has been observed in the district was exhibited 
by the late Mr. William Shaw before the Geelong 
Field Naturalists' Club, on September 5th, 1902, 
having been shot at Queenscliff by Mr. Batchelder 
shortly before. It is a bird whose home is in the 
coastal scrubs of New South Wales, and probably 
the great drought of 1902 had something to do with 
its appearance here. Except the wings and tail, 
which are black, the male bird (the above specimen 
was a male) is of a rich, shining scarlet colour. 
