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nest. A cup-shaped structure, composed of twigs, grasses, and strips 
of bark; lined with grasses, soft pieces of bark, wool, or hair. Usually 
placed in a bush or tree at heights up to 30 feet or more from the 
ground. 
eggs. Two or three, pinkish-buff, spotted with reddish-brown and 
purplish-grey, the markings being more numerous at the larger end. 
Breeding-season: July to December. 
15. Yellow Wattle-bird Anthochcera paradoxa Daudin 
par-adox'-a— L., paradoxus , paradoxical. 
distribution. Tasmania and the islands of Bass Strait. 
notes. Also called Wattle-bird. In pairs or flocks, according to the 
season of the year. Frequents alike open forest and scrub-lands where 
it feeds among the flowering eucalypts and banksias. Its flesh is excel¬ 
lent eating and, until it was placed on the list of protected birds, great 
numbers were killed. It has a loud and discordant call-note and a 
double whistling alarm note. Food: insects and nectar. 
nest. A cup-shaped structure, composed of small twigs, loosely put 
together; lined with fine grass and wool; it is often decorated on the 
outside with cocoons. Usually placed in a forked branch of a tree at 
heights up to 20 feet from the ground. 
eggs. Two or three, pinkish-buff, spotted with reddish-brown and 
purplish-grey, chiefly at the larger end. Breeding-season: July to 
December. 
