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XIV. Pardalotus (Ampelidae). In these Australian birds the 

 females are often very conspicuous, having brightly-spotted 

 heads. Their nests are sometimes dome-shaped, sometimes 

 in holes of trees. 



XV. Tits (Paridae). These little birds are always pretty, and 

 many (especially among the Indian species) are very con- 

 spicuous. They always have the sexes alike, a circumstance 

 very unusual among the smaller gaily-coloured birds of our 

 own country. The nest is always covered over or con- 

 cealed in a hole. 



XVI. Nuthatches (Sitta). Often very pretty birds, the sexes 

 alike, and the nest in a hole. 



XVII. (Sittella). The female of these birds is often the 



most conspicuous, being white- and black-marked. The 

 nest is, according to Gould, " completely concealed among 

 upright twigs connected together." 



XVIIL Creepers (Climacteris). In 'these the sexes are alike, 

 or the female most conspicuous, and the nest is in a hole 

 of a tree. 



XIX. Estrelda, Amadina. In these genera of finches the 

 females, although more or less different from the males, are 

 still very conspicuous, having a red rump, or being white 

 spotted. They differ from most others of the family in 

 building domed nests. 



XX. Certhiola. In these pretty little American creepers the sexes 

 are alike, and they build a domed nest 



XXI. Mynahs (Eulabes, Sturnidae). These showy birds have 

 the sexes exactly alike. They build in holes of trees. 



XXII. Calornis {Sturnidae). These brilliant metallic starlings 

 have no sexual differences. They build a pensile covered 

 nest. 



XXIII. Hangnests (Icteridse). The red or yellow and black 

 plumage of most of these birds is very conspicuous, and is 

 exactly alike in both sexes. They are celebrated for their 

 fine purse-shaped pensile nests. 



It will be seen that this list comprehends six important families 

 of Fissirostres, four of Scansores, the Psittaci, and several genera, 

 with three entire families of Passeres. 



. The cases in which whenever the male is gaily coloured, the 

 female is much less gay or quite inconspicuous, are exceedingly 



