THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
shaft-streaks; middle tail-feathers dark olive-green; outer tail-feathers olive- 
brown margined on the outer web with dark olive-green, all the feathers with a 
large spot of yellowish-white on the inner web and a small one on the outer; entire 
under-parts bright olive-yellow with wide black shaft-stripes; under-surface of 
wings brownish-olive, widely margined on the inner web with golden-yellow. Eyes 
brown, feet and tarsi leaden-blue. Bill blackish-brown, base brown. Collected 
on Melville Island, Northern Territory, on the 14th of June, 1912. 
Immature female. Feathers of the head and neck dark ohve-green, each feather with a 
broad central streak of black ; mantle and back dull olive-green, each feather with 
a large blackish-brown centre; rump light olive-green, fringed with yellow; two 
central pairs of tail-feathers dark olive-green, outer tail-feathers blackish-brown, 
aU the feathers with a large spot of pale yellow on the inner web and a smaOer 
spot on the outer web at the extremity; wing-coverts and secondaries blackish- 
brown margined with yellowish-white; primaries brownish-ash, margined on the 
outer web and tip with yellowish-white and on the iimer web with pale yellow; 
a well-marked eyebrow of deep yellow; all the under-parts of the body golden-yellow 
washed with olive and with blackish shaft-streak, very pronounced on the chest; 
under-surface of the wings ash-grey very widely margined on the inner web with 
light yellow. Eyes brown, feet slate, bill brown. Collected at Cooktown, North 
Queensland, on the 4th of August, 1900. 
Eggs. Two eggs form the clutch, three being seldom met with. A clutch of two eggs 
taken near Cooktown, North Queensland, on the 24th of November, 1894, is of a 
pale cream-colour, boldly spotted and blotched (particularly at the larger end) 
with blackish-brown and pale slate. Ovals in shape. Surface of shell is fine and 
smooth with the exception that there are a few small, hard, and limey excrescences 
on the shell. 33 by 23 mm. 
Nest. An open and cup-shaped structure, composed of strips of soft bark, vine tendrils, 
etc., well woven in together. Lined wdth twigs, vine tendrils, etc. Dimensions 
overall, 7 to 7^ inches by 4 to 5 inches in depth. The egg cavity, 3^ to 4 inches 
across by 2^ to 3 inches deep. Usually suspended near the end of a long branch 
of a tree, and placed from 15 to nearly 50 feet up from the ground. 
January 4th, 1912. 10 miles S.E. of Snake Bay, Melville Islands. Full clutch, 
two eggs, one of which was broken ; it was partly incubated. This nest was built 
in a paper-bark growing in the edge of the great swamp in a depth of about 6 inches 
of water. Was placed in a fork of a tliin horizontal limb about 12 feet above the 
water. The materials of the outer nest were broad strips of paper-bark fastened 
together with cobwebs and cocoons. The nest was lined with &ie twigs and stalks 
of grasses. Dimensions outside, 8 by 5 by 4^ inches deep; inside, 4 by 3 by 2| 
inches deep. From the outside upper edge of the nest several long broad strips of 
paper-bark up to 20 inches in length were suspended, being fastened to the nest 
with cobwebs. 
Breeding-months. September to end of December. 
A BOOK, published by Capt. King, on a Survey of the Intertropical Coasts 
Australia, contains descriptions of new animals and includes the new genus 
Mimetes for this and the preceding species, on the ground that they 
were Honey-eaters with brush tongues masqueradhig as Orioles. 
No notes regarding its habits were given, and Gould simply added: 
“ Gilbert procured two specimens at Port Essington, and Commander 
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