WARTY-FACED HONEYEATER 335 
WARTY-FACED HONEYEATER 
Zanthomiza phrygia phrygia 
This, one of the largest and certainly the most showy 
of the Honeyeaters, is but a rare and casual visitor to 
the Geelong district, in no part of which, so far as I 
can ascertain, has it been known to breed. 
I first noted the species in the month of July, 1890, 
when I remarked a fine pair, conspicuous in their 
spangled livery of black and pale yellow, disporting 
among the low ti-tree scrub which grew about what 
was then the Round Swamp, Airey's Inlet, and is now 
part of Mr. Sutherland's famous forest dairy-farm. 
I am afraid that the exigencies of settlement make it 
unlikely that the species will ever be seen there again, 
but during the last few years I have on several occa- 
sions seen it in autumn at the Dog Rocks, where 
it frequents the tops of the larger gum trees, not 
staying long in one tree. 
The note is high-pitched and distinctive. 
YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATER 
Paraptilotis chrysops beaconsfieldi 
Occasionally seen in the town in winter, when it 
appears to be peculiarly attracted by the blossom 
of almond trees, the Yellow-faced Honeyeater is by 
nature a dweller in the forest proper and the scrubs 
which line our southern coast. It is exceptionally 
