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BUFF-RUMPED TIT 



(BUFF-RUMPED TrORNBILL), 



Aeaiitliiza regiiloides, Tig. and Hors. 



A -kan-thi'zd reg-u-loides. 



Ahanthis, a linnet; regulus, a little king — a small bird so called; eidos, 

 like {regula, staff ; eidos, form), 



AcANTHizA KEGULOIDES, Diggles, "Ornithology of Australia," pi. 99. 



Geographical DiSTRiBUTioisr. — Areas 3, 4, 6, 7. 



Key to the Species. — Base of tail pale fulvous-brown; upper tail 

 coverts dull yellow; dark band on tail, occupying nearly terminal 

 half of feathers ; tail quite even ; tarsus scutellated ; first primary 

 narrow and short, half length of second primary. Total length, 

 4 inches; culmen, ^-inch ; wing, 2 inches; tail, ]| inches; tarsus, 

 0.65 inch. 



The nearest ally of A. chrysorrhoa is the BufF-rumped Tit. 

 It is easily distinguished from the former by the absence of 

 white markings on the forehead, and the fainter colour of the 

 upper tail coverts. It is numerous and well dispersed over 

 the country lying south-east of an imaginary line drawn 

 between Spencer Gulf and the Fitzroy Kiver, in Queens- 

 land. 



Both species are popular friends of tillers of the soil, 

 and rarely are they recognized as two species. A. reguloides, 

 possessing the same habit of hanging to the twigs of gum- 

 trees, is generally confused with the Striated Acanthiza, and 

 when it is associated with A. chrysorrhoa it again appears to 

 be identical with that species. The differences of manner and 

 markings are quite evident when once recognized. Even in 

 the newly-fledged of both species there is no room for a 

 mistake,Jor the conspicuous markings of the adults are upon 



