YELLOW-THROATED HONEY-EATER. 
Miss J. A. Eletcher has also written: “ On Sept. 21, 1909, I watched a 
male feeding liis sitting mate. As he approached the nest he gave a peculiar 
call and she hopped from the nest on to a twig near by, received food and 
returned to nest while he flew away. On examining nest found she was 
sitting on two eggs, one was heavy, the other light, and the latter afterwards 
proved addled. I found several of the nests in sword-grass tussocks, three 
being the general complement of eggs.” 
Mr. H. S. Dove wrote me : “ Once visiting a white-gum hill a few miles 
from Launceston, Northern Tasmania, I found numbers of this beautiful bird 
nesting among the Lepidosperma tussocks with which the side of the hill was 
covered. The first nest was easily seen, no attempt having been made at 
concealment; it was situated about one foot from the earth in a smallish 
tussock, and was cup-shaped, deep, formed of strips of the bark of the young 
white gums and of grass, lined with about equal parts of cow hair and sheeps’ 
wool; it contained two eggs. Another nest was placed in a larger tussock, 
a little higher up from the earth and was fairly well hidden under loose strips 
of fallen gum bark ; this nest was very deep, so that the female was almost 
concealed as she sat, only her head and gamboge throat showing at one end 
and her tail at the other. She sat without a movement while we watched, 
and allowed the camera to be placed within a yard without betraying any 
fear. A third nest had three eggs just chipping on Oct. 28, and on Nov. 2 
there were three young, partly covered with blackish down, eyes still closed.” 
Mr. J. W. Mellor writes me : “ The Yellow-throated Honey-eater I have 
seen in all parts of Tasmania, as it is common, especially in the thickly wooded 
parts, where its loud liquid notes are heard to advantage amongst the timber. 
I have seen it in the deep recesses and gullies about Mount Wellington in 
the extreme south and in the ravines of Mt. Arthur and Mt. Barrow in the 
north. I also came across it on the elevated plateau of the Great Lake in 
the central portion of the island, and I also saw it on Flinders Island among 
the wooded parts where plenty of bush grew beneath the high timber. The 
nest is cup-shaped and hanging, the eggs usually three in number, and the 
breeding-season November to January, but sometimes clutches are found 
as early as September. The food is chiefly honey, but also insects, flies, etc., 
caught on the wing and also among the foliage of the trees and shrubs. 
Littler has published a complete account covering the short note he sent me 
with more detail, and Mis s Fletcher and Dove have also added to the literature 
with notes worth quoting, but space will not permit all these being here given. 
Miss Fletcher has observed : “ During the breeding-season keeps in 
pairs to a particular and restricted spot. Here they build their nests. Their 
loud, cheerful call quickly betrays the locality, and a little patience on the 
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