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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
notes. Also called Yellow Warbler. Usually in pairs, inhabiting 
brushes and scrubs bordering creeks; rather a shy bird, with a very 
pleasing song somewhat like that of the Mangrove-warbler. Food': 
insects and their larva:. 
nest. A rounded structure with an entrance near the top protected 
with a large hood, and having a small thin tail-piece; composed of 
thin strips of bark held together with spiders’ webs and decorated with 
a few spiders’ egg-bags. Usually attached to a thin horizontal branch 
of a tree at a height of 5 feet or more from the ground. The nest of 
this species is usually built near a wasp’s nest. 
ecgs. Two or three, pale pinkish-white, rather well spotted and 
speckled, particularly at the larger end, with pale to dark reddish- 
brown markings. Breeding-season: September to December. 
6 . Northern Warbler Gerygone mouki Mathews 
mouki— said to be from an Australian aboriginal name. 
distribution. Cairns district (northern Queensland). 
notes. Also called Queensland Fly-eater. Inhabits the brushes and 
dense scrubs; similar in habits to the Brown Warbler. 
nest. A bulky, dome-shaped structure with a side entrance, sus¬ 
pended from near the end of a thin branch, often overhanging water. 
ecgs. Three, pinkish-white, marked all over with small freckles of 
reddish-brown, chiefly at the larger end. Breeding-season: November 
(Mackay). 
7. Buff-breasted Warbler Gerygone levigaster Gould 
lev-i-gas'-ter—L., levis, smooth (probably light-coloured); Gk, gaster, 
belly. 
distribution. Northern Australia, from Derby to northern 
Queensland. 
notes. Inhabits open forest and scrub-lands, mainly keeping to the 
leafy branches of the trees and thickets; it is a very tame bird, with 
a weak piping call-note, occasionally uttering a number of other notes 
in slow succession. Food: insects and their larvae. 
nest. A dome-shaped structure with a hooded entrance, composed 
of fine long grass-stalks and coarser materials; lined with very fine grass 
and a soft white material. Generally suspended from the thin branch 
of a tree. Fastened on the outside with cobwebs are numerous round 
white scale larva:, cocoons, pieces of lichen, and excreta of caterpillars. 
eggs. Two, white, speckled over with small reddish-brown markings 
more numerous on the larger end, where they generally form a zone’ 
Breeding-season: January to March. 
8 . Black-throated Warbler Gerygone palpebrosa Wallace-8A. Female 
pal-pe-bro'-sa— L., palpebrosus , marked round the eye. 
distribution. Northern Queensland, from Cape York to Cairns- 
also occurs in the Aru Islands and New Guinea. 
