. A dictionary of birds . AXTUORXIS. (From Buller.) MeLITHREPTES VALIDIROSTRIS. (After Swainson.) that is said to have already befallen the Stitch-bird, Pogonornis,of the same country. But it would be impossible here to entermuch further into detail, though the Wattle-birds, Anthochxra, ofAustralia have at least to be named, and the Friar-birds, Philemon,already mentioned {supra, pp. 292, 293), must again be noticed(Mimicry). Melithreptes, with 5 or 6 species, all but one peculiarto Australia or Tasmania, considered by some writers to be alliedto Zosterops, probably belongs here. HONEY-GUIDE,

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. A dictionary of birds . AXTUORXIS. (From Buller.) MeLITHREPTES VALIDIROSTRIS. (After Swainson.) that is said to have already befallen the Stitch-bird, Pogonornis,of the same country. But it would be impossible here to entermuch further into detail, though the Wattle-birds, Anthochxra, ofAustralia have at least to be named, and the Friar-birds, Philemon,already mentioned {supra, pp. 292, 293), must again be noticed(Mimicry). Melithreptes, with 5 or 6 species, all but one peculiarto Australia or Tasmania, considered by some writers to be alliedto Zosterops, probably belongs here. HONEY-GUIDE, a bird so called from its habit or supposedhabit of pointing out to man and to the ratel {Mellivora capensis)the nests of bees. Stories to this effect have often been told, andmay be found in the narratives of many African travellers, fromBruce to Livingstone. Yet Mr. Layard says (B. S. Africa, p. 242)that the birds will not unfrequently lead any one to a leopard or asnake, and will follow a dog Avith vociferations,^ so t

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