284 WARTY-FACED HONEY-EATER.

hanging branch of a blue gum tree, is round, cup-shaped,
five inches in diameter, and composed of fine grasses,
lined with a little wool and hair. The eggs are two
in number, of a deep yellowish buff, marked all over
with indistinct spots and irregular blotches of chesnut
red and dull purplish grey, particularly at the larger end,
where they frequently form a zone.
This bird is about the size of the common thrush.