104 MlLLIGAN, Nests and Nestlings of Certain . Uanthizce. [ is f Oct. 



shrubs, and old, bleached grass-stems. The outside is adorned 

 with spider cocoons. The inside is well lined with the feathers 

 of larger birds, and with hair and fur. It was taken from a branch 

 of stunted, woody samphire bush, which is usually found on 

 the margins of salt and brackish lakes, and at about 18 inches 

 from the ground. 



Nestling. — The nestlings, although well feathered, showed 

 down feathers on the neck and head. The general colour of the 

 upper surface, including the rump, is olive-brown ; the forehead 

 a little lighter, with distinct white edgings to feather tips ; the 

 tail feathers protruding from the sheaths, uniform blackish-brown; 

 the sides of the face and throat whitish with darker margins, and 

 producing in the latter the indistinct freckled appearance occur- 

 ing in the adult ; breast and abdomen of a light yellow tint, 

 the former with minute freckles of a darker colour, the latter 

 uniform yellow ; iris deep brown ; bill grey ; legs and feet 

 pale grey. The bill is much more slender than that of A. robusti- 

 rostris, and more slender and much shorter than A. uropygialis. 



Acanthiza UROPYGIALIS (Gould), (Chestnut-rumped Tit). 



Nest. — Mr. A. J. Campbell"s description of the nest,* except 

 in one or two minor instances, agrees with the nest taken by Mr. 

 Lawson at Day Dawn. The latter one is adorned with small 

 downy flower-heads. The entrance to the nest is placed equi- 

 distant between top and bottom and between side and side. 

 Over-all length is 13^ and girth 9^ inches. 



Nestling. — The bill of this nestling is very much longer than 

 those of the preceding species. The rump and upper tail coverts 

 are much deeper in colour than in A. robustirostris, and, as 

 already stated, the visible portions of the tail feathers are blackish 

 and the tips burnished with chestnut. Down feathers are still 

 present on the head. The " scaling " of the forehead is very 

 pronounced, and is also apparent under the eyes and on the chin. 

 The throat and chest white, but with minute dark tips to feathers. 

 The breast and abdominal feathers are close, well developed, and 

 white. The sides of the body show a very faint tinge of buff ; 

 bill black ; iris dark brown ; legs and feet greyish-brown. 



Some Notes from Brookton, W.A. 



By H. E. Hill, Guildford. 



HAVING been kindly asked by Mr. Chas. Crossland to spend a 

 couple of weeks in his survey camp during a recent holiday, the 

 4th of July last found me at Brookton, a railway siding on the 

 Albany line, about 100 miles south-east of Perth, in company with 

 Mr. Crossland's two sons. 



* "Nests and Eggs," p. 236. 



