Definition of "honey-bird" [honey-bird]

• A bird which feeds on the sweets of flowers; one of the Nectariniidœ or Meliphagidœ; a honey-sucker. (noun)
• Same as honey-guide. (noun)
• A bee. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "As soon as the honey-bird descries the traveller, he immediately utters a series of wild, excited cries, hops about from twig to twig, and from branch to branch, then hops to another tree, incessantly repeating his chirruping call."
• "The honey-bird is very frequent in these forests of Ukonongo."
• "The tiny perpusilla started up like rabbits from me as I stole along through the underbrush; the honey-bird hopped from tree to tree chirping its call, as if it thought I was seeking the little sweet treasure, the hiding-place of which it only knew; but no! I neither desired perpusilla nor the honey."