"Wattled Bee-eater", native name "Goo-gwar-ruck" ---/ which much resembles a Word it / is constantly chattering. ---"This Bird much frequents the Sea / shores, where it is pretty numerous, / It is a Chattering Bird, and lives / on Insects and sucking Honey / from the different Banksias. / When other Birds even larger / than themselves and stronger / approaches them, it drives / them away." ====The bill is black - dark grey and curved, with a 'brush' tongue protruding. The throat and breast are white with black markings, with a red wattle suspended from the throat; the belly is yellow. The tail feathers are long, grey and white tipped. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.