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surface greyish white, passing into olive on the flanks ; irides 

 dark brown ; bill brownish black ; feet brown. 



Sp. 84. PARDALOTUS STRIATUS, Temm, 

 Striated Diamond-bird. 



Pardalotus striatus, Temm. Man., part i. p. Ixv. 

 Pipra striata, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 558, No. 13. 

 Striped-headed Manakin, Lat. Gen. Syn., vol. iv. p. 525, pl. 54. 

 Pardalotus oi^natus, Temm. PI. Col. 394. fig. 1. 

 We-dup-wee-dup, Aborigines of the lowland, and 

 We-dee-we -due, Aborigines of the mountain districts of Western 

 Australia. 



Pardalotus striatus, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. ii. pl. 38. 



This beautiful species, like the P. punctatm, enjoys an 

 extensive range of habitat, being found in all parts of the 

 southern portion of the Australian continent; it has not as 

 yet been discovered in Tasmania, its place in that island 

 being apparently occupied by the P. qfflnis. I have carefully 

 examined specimens killed at Swan River with others from 

 New South Wales, and I cannot find any diflFerence either in 

 their size or markings. It will be interesting to know how 

 far this species and the P. punctatus extend their range 

 northwards, a point which can only be ascertained when the 

 country has been fully explored. This active little bird is 

 generally seen seeking insects among the leaves, for which 

 purpose it frequents trees of every description, but gives a 

 decided preference to the Eucalypti. Its flight is rapid and 

 darting, hence it passes from tree to tree, or from one part of 

 the forest to another with the greatest ease. Its voice is a 

 double note several times repeated. 



The nest, which is a very neat structure of dried soft 

 grasses and the bark of the tea-tree, lined with feathers, is 

 usually placed in a hole of a dead branch, but sometimes in 

 the boll of the tree. It breeds in September, October, and 



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