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disposition it is so remarkably tame that it will allow of a very 

 near approach before it will rise, and then it merely flies to 

 the nearest bush or low tree. 



The male offers no external difference by which it can be 

 distinguished from the female, neither do the young exhibit 

 any contrast to the adults in their plumage ; it has in fact 

 little to recommend it to the notice of the general observer 

 either in its colouring or in the quality of its song. 



The nest forwarded to me by Strange was of a rather large 

 size, of a domed form, with a hole for an entrance near the 

 top, and composed of dried grasses, moss, spiders' webs, wool, 

 the soft blossoms of plants, and dead leaves matted together 

 and warmly lined with feathers ; it was about seven inches in 

 height and fom* inches in diameter. The eggs received Avith 

 the nest were three in number, of a fleshy white, eight and a 

 half lines long and six lines broad. 



Forehead and lores white ; upper surface olive-brown ; 

 wings and tail brown, the latter passing into black near the 

 extremity, and tipped with white ; all the under surface pale 

 buff ; bill and feet black ; irides light straw-colour. 



Total length 4 inches ; bill f ; wing 2^ ; tail If ; tarsi f . 



Genus PYRRHOL.^MUS, Gould. 



A singular form, the structure of which does not approxi- 

 mate very nearly to that of any other genus, but is perhaps 

 most nearly allied to Accmthiza. The only species known 

 frequents scrubby places and thick underwood ; is much on 

 the ground, but occasionally mounts on a small branch to 

 sins:. 



