SOME HONEY-EATERS OF THE OPEN FOREST 
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Notes. — Also called Lanceolated Honey-eater. In pairs or small 
parties, inhabiting the scrub-lands chiefly composed of native pine, she-oak, 
and mallee. Its song is a pleasing warble — “Chirp, chirp, cherry, cherry;” 
other notes resemble those of the Olive-backed Oriole. Food : insects and 
nectar, procured among the blossoms and foliage. 
N est. — A neatly made, purse-shaped structure, composed of grasses 
and rootlets, neatly woven together with plant down, sheep’s wool, and 
occasionally emu feathers; lined with fine grasses, hair, and feathers. 
Usually suspended near the extremity of a drooping and swaying branch 
of a she-oak or other tree. 
Eggs .— Three or four, very pale pinkish-white, minutely spotted and 
speckled with reddish-brown and purplish-grey, the markings being more 
numerous at the larger end. Breeding-season: August to December. 
4. Blue-faced Honey-eater Entomyzon cyanotis Latham 
En-to-myz-on — Gk, entoma, insects ; Gk, myzein , to suck : cy -a-ndt' -is — 
Gk, cyanos, blue; Gk, otos, genitive of ous, ear. 
Distribution. — Australia (except the south-western portion). 
Notes. — Also called Banana-bird and Blue-eye. In pairs or small 
parties, usually inhabiting open forest country. It is very pugnacious, and 
has a rather loud and monotonous call- note which it frequently utters. 
Food: insects, nectar, native fruits, and berries. 
Nest. — A platform of sticks and twigs, upon which a cup-shaped 
structure of strips of bark is formed; lined with fine strips and shreds 
of bark, dried grasses, and hair. Usually built on an outer branch of a 
tree, often at a considerable height from the ground. This species often 
uses a deserted nest of the White-browed Babbler as a nesting site. 
Eggs. — Two to five, varying from a rich salmon to pale fleshy-buff, 
sparingly spotted and blotched with purplish-red or chestnut- brown mark- 
ings, with a few underlying blotches of pale slate. Breeding-season: )une 
to January. 
5. Noisy Miner Myzantha melanocephala Latham 
Myz-antli-a — Gk, myzein , to suck; Gk, anthos, flower: meV-an-o-ceph* « 
al-a — Gk, melas ( melanos ), black; Gk, cephale , head. 
Distribution. — Eastern Australia, from Cairns (northern Queens- 
land) to South Australia and Tasmania. 
Notes. — Also called Garrulous Honey-eater, Black-headed Miner, 
Snake-bird, Cherry-eater, Soldier-bird, Micky, and Squeaker. In small 
parties, frequenting open forest country and partly cleared lands. It is 
a restless, inquisitive, bold, and noisy bird, keeping up a constant chatter 
of loud speaking notes. Food: insects, procured among the leaves and 
blossoms and on the ground; also pollen, native fruits, and berries. 
Nest. — An open, cup-shaped structure, composed of roots, twigs, 
strips of bark and grasses, frequently bound together and ornamented on 
the outside with small silken cocoons, and wool ; lined with fine grasses 
