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Tasmania is represented by P. glaucura (Grey-tailed Thick- 

 head). 



Nest. — Saucer- shaped structure, neatly but loosely made of 

 dry grasses and rootlets, with lining of finer material ; placed 

 in forks of scrub, and a few feet only from the ground. 



Eggs. — Three eggs to a sitting ; ground colour varies con- 

 siderably, from a creamy- white to the ordinary brownish-buff, 

 over which are dark brown, with paler lilac spots, as if 

 beneath the surface ; a zone is formed at the broader end. 

 Length, 0.95 inch ; breadth, 0.65 inch. 



RUFOUS-BREASTED THICKHEAD, 



Pachycephala riifiveiitris, Lath. 



Pak-i-seJ 'a-ld ru-fi-ven'tris. 

 Pachus, thick; kephale, head; rufus,Ted; venter, abdomen. 



Pachycephala pectoralis, Gould, "Birds of Australia," foL, vol. ii., 



pi. 67. 



Geographical Distribution. — Areas 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9. 



Key to the Species. — Male — Throat white; under surface orange- 

 brown; ashy-grey above; bill at nostrils equal in height and 

 breadth. 



Female — Throat and cheeks white with dark brown streaks ; 

 under parts light fawn, distinctly streaked on breast ; lores and 

 ear coverts ashy-brown. 



The name " Thickhead " refers to the noticeable breadth of 

 the cranium. 



In habits it is very much the same as the previous species, 

 though it spends much of its time away from creeks, and 

 breeds, as a rule, in the saplings of dry places. In this 

 respect it differs from P. gutturalis. 



