WHITE-STREAKED HONEY-EATER. 
An old nest was near by in another bush. On the 15th a nest was found 
containing two young birds, and another pair of young birds that had just 
left the nest was seen, and one obtained for a skin. In an adult male taken 
on the 12th March the soft parts were as follows : <?, irides reddish-brown 
bih black, naked skin at gape dark greenish-blue, legs dark slate. Stomach 
contents, honey and small insects. $, juvenile, irides brown, bill black, 
naked skin at gape pale greenish-blue, legs slate. Stomach contents, honey 
only (26th April, 1911). $, fledgling, taken on 15th May, 1911, irides brown; 
bill, upper mandible dark brown, lower light brown; gape yellow; legs lead- 
colour. Stomach contents, insects.” Later from the Claudie River 'district 
Macgiflivray added: “We first came across the Cockerell Honey-eater out 
towards the ranges from our top camp, in hilly country covered with stunted 
tea-tree. At the sandal-wood landing and between it and the tea-tree swamps, 
the country is sandy, covered with a low growth of tea-tree and other small 
shrubs under a larger growth of eucalypts and other forest trees. It was 
here that we found them nesting under ideal conditions. The eucalypts and 
some of the tea-tree were in flower, providing a plentiful supply of nectar and 
insects attracted to it, with the smaller forms of insect life abounding every¬ 
where, especially after the advent of the wet season. The first nest 
containing an egg was found on 10th January by our cook, within a few yards 
of the camp. It was built in a small tea-tree 18 inches from the ground. 
On the 26th, 27th and 28th January we found a number of these nests 
containing eggs. Nearly all were placed in low bushes from 18 inches to 3 
feet from the ground. One was picturesquely situated in a tangle of wild 
grape vine, which here grows freely in the open forest along the ground when 
it cannot find a tree to cling to. On the 27th the first nest containing young 
birds was found. The nest, usually firmly placed, is cup-shaped, and constructed 
of fine fibres and grasses. The eggs are invariably two. The young, when 
newly hatched, have the skin yellowish ; feather tracts are bluish-black with 
a small amount of smoky-coloured down on the dorsal, humeral and femoral 
tracts; culmen blackish ; gape and mouth pale yellow ; legs pale slaty ; 
eyes not open. The note of the adult is a clear sharp whistle much like that 
of the Glyciphila. This species was uncommon on the Archer River.” 
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