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AN AUSTBALIAN BIRD BOOK. 
2 370*Wattle - Bird, Red Wattle-Bird, Gill-Bird, Wattled 
2 Honey-eater, Mutton-Bird (e), Acanthcchaera carun- 
culata, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. Stat. c. timher 14.5 
Brown streaked, lined white; red wattle Jin.; whitish 
below eye, between shoulder and gill; wing quills and 
tail tipped white; centre abdomen yellow; f., smaller. 
Insects, honey. "Kwock, kwock;" "Up with the rag." 
Many curious guttural notes. 
The Helmeted Honey-eater is very rare, and is probably con- 
fined to the deep forests of Gippsland. It is one of the most 
splendid of Honey-eaters. 
That active city-dweller, the Greenie, is found in almost every 
large eucalypt that happens to be in flower. It is pugnacious. As 
it busily brushes honey from the flowers, or catches an insect on 
the wing, the white ear plume can be seen. Otherwise, it has not 
conspicuous colors. Its lively call of "chick-oo-wee*' adds some 
thing to life for the busy city toiler. 
Now come the Miners. The Noisy Miner is known to nearly 
everyone. It is a common visitor to school grounds at lunch 
time, and is a noisy bird that is little loved by sportsmen, for it 
persists in alarming all game within reach. A second Miner is 
famous as the Bell-Bird, better Bell-Miner. The tinkling notes, 
**like silver bells from a distant shrine," must be heard in a deep 
fern gully to be appreciated fully. The green birds are seldom 
