Upper dusky black; black bar each side of breast; under white; flanks dusky; wings, tail marked golden-yellow; side-tail spotted white; f., dusky-brown, faint yellow on wings and tail. Loud varied calls, "Egypt." =365* White-bearded Honey-eater= (New Holland), Yellow Wings, _M. novae-hollandiae_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., SA., T. Stat. v.c. _scrubby_, _Banksias_ 7.2 Blackish-brown, marked white; much yellow on wings; tail black, margined yellow, tipped white; line side of nape, cheeks, behind ear white; f., sim. Insects, honey. =366* White-cheeked Honey-eater=, _M. nigra (sericea)_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., W.A. Stat. r. _scrub_, _undergrowth_ 7 Like 365, but forehead white; large tuft of white plumes on side of head; tail not tipped white; f., smaller. Insects, honey. Clear double whistling note. 1 1 =367* Bell-Miner=, Bell-Bird, _Manorina melanophrys_, E.A. f., sim. Insects. Bell note, "Tink." Stat. r. _dense gullies_ 7 Olive-green; bright yellow patch between eye and bill; small red patch behind eye; forehead, about eye black. 4 4 =368* Noisy Miner=, Garrulous Honeyeater, Snake-Bird, Cherry-eater, Soldier, Micky, Squeaker, _Myzantha garrula_, E.A., S.A., T. Stat. v.c. _open forest_ 10 Gray; marked whitish on hind-neck, marked dusky-gray chest; crown, about eye, ear, chin black; wing tinged yellow; tail tipped white; legs, bill, skin behind eye bright yellow; f., smaller. Insects, fruit, honey. Noisy. =369 Yellow-throated Miner=, _M. flavigula_, E.A., S.A., C.A. W.A. (inland). Stat. r. _timber_ 10 Gray; hind-neck marked whitish, chest marked brown; rump, tip tail white; naked space behind eye; forehead, throat, bill, legs yellow; a little olive-yellow on wing, base-tail; f., smaller. Insects, honey. [Page 174] [Illustration: [370] [371] [372] [373] [374] [375]] 2 2 =370* Wattle-Bird=, Red Wattle-Bird, Gill-Bird, Wattled Honey-eater, Mutton-Bird (e), _Acanthcchaera carunculata_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. Stat. c. _timber_ 14.5 Brown streaked, lined white; red wattle 1/4in.; whitish below eye, between shoulder and gill; wing quills and tail tipped white; centre abdomen yellow; f., smaller. Insects, honey. "Kwock, kwock;" "Up with the rag." Many curious guttural notes. [Page 175] 2 2 =371 Brush Wattle-Bird=, Mocking-Bird, Mocker, Cookaycock, _Anellobia chrysoptera (mellivora)_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T. Stat. c. _timber_ 12 Brown, lined white; quills lined, tipped white; tail tipped white; throat whitish; no wattle; f., smaller. Showy, pugnacious, many curious notes. 1 1 =372* Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater=, _Acanthagenys rufigularis_, A. Nom. c. _timber_, _scrub_ 10