Anthochæra

(Zool.) 1 calyx, 2 fruit, (natural size.) The Wattle -bird, a gen. of the family Meliphagida, or honey-eaters, several species of which are found in New Holland. It is bold and spirited, fearle ly attacking and driving away all other birds from the part of the tree on which it is feeding. In spring and summer the male perches on some elevated branch, and screams forth his harsh and peculiar notes, -like a person vomiting, whence its local name Goo - gwar - ruck, in which the natives have tried to imitate it. They feed on honey and insects which they extract from the blo oms of the trees called Banksias. As the banksias are not a sign of good land, the garrulous note of the wattle-bird