SOME HONEY-EATERS OF THE OPEN FOREST 
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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 AnthocJusra paradoxa Daudin 
par-a-dox'-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 excellent 
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. 
