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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
PLATE XIV 
BIRDS OF THE BLOSSOMS AND OUTER FOLIAGE 
1. Lesser Lewin Honey-eater Meliphaga analoga Reichenbach 
Mel-ipti-ag-a —Gk, melt, honey; Gk, phagein, to eat: an-al'-og-a— Gk, 
analogos, analogous. 
Distribution. —Northern Queensland, from Cape York to Cardwell. 
Notes .—Also called Yellow-spotted Honey-eater. In flocks, fre¬ 
quenting the scrubs, occasionally open forest country and mangroves. 
Food: native fruits, berries, insects, and nectar. 
Nest, —-A rather deep, cup-shaped structure, composed of bark and 
dead leaves, woven together with wild cotton; lined with wild cotton 
or silky down from plants. Suspended from a small fork of a tree or 
shrub, usually in dense scrub, and placed at heights up to 12 feet from 
the ground. 
Usually two, pearly-white, boldly spotted with deep chest¬ 
nut and purplish-brown markings, confined chiefly to the larger end 
Breeding-season: October to March. 
2. Purple-gaped Honey-eater Meliphaga cratitia Gould 
cra-tit -i-a —L., cratitius , wicker. 
western'ASr Fr ° m "° r ' hern Q U “" s, “ d Vi «°™ >° 
inp. Ca !! ed W f ttle_c ¥ eked Honey-eater. In flocks, inhabit- 
nectar ^ k d f SCrUb ’ SCmb ’ ° r timbered river-flats. Food: insects and 
i , c up-shaped structure, composed chiefly of thin strins of 
branch'Jfl bush^o? 35 a V, d , 0ther m at f ia l s . Generally suspended from the 
anch ot a bush or small tree, and often within a few feet of the ground. 
with D??/Vn very pale pinkish-white, spotted and blotched 
?? a ok P ,f il > )rOWn markings which become confluent, form- 
August^to Dece^nber!" C ^ U ^ 3t the ^ end ‘ Breeding-season: 
3 White-streaked Honey-eater Trichodere cockcrclli Gould 
in Queensland and the Am Skids ^ C ° lleCt0r for John Goulc 
n ° rk PeninsuIa (northern Queensland). 
■ ^ so called Cockerell Honey-eater. In flocks, inhabiting tea- 
