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10 337*Red-tipped Diamond-Bird (Striated, -Pardalote), Wit- 

 10 tychu, Pickwick, Chuck-e-chuc, Pardalotus ornatus, 



S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. Stat. c. treetops, scrub 4.2 

 Crown, wings, tail black spotted, lined white; back gray; 

 rump brown; throat yellow; red spots side of wing, 

 yellow stripe from bill above eye joins white stripe to 

 nape; centre-abdomen white; flanks pale-brown, tinged 

 yellow; f., sim. Insects. "Wit-e-chu." 



338 Orange-tipped Diamond-Bird (Ramsay, -Pardalote), P. 



assimilis, E.A., C.A. Stat. v.c. treetops, Umber 4.3 



Like 337, but upper paler; orange spots on wing; as a rule 

 only one feather in the wing edged with white; Gould 

 thought it the young of 337; f., sim. Insects. "Wit-e-chu." 



339 Yellow-tipped Diamond-Bird, Allied Pardalote, P. afli- 



nis, E.A., S.A., T., Bass St. Is. Stat. c. timber 4.3 



Like 337, 338, but yellow spot on side of wing; head black, 

 striped white; yellow stripe from bill joins white stripe 

 above eye; back grayish-brown; upper base tail olive- 

 brown; tail black, tip spotted white; throat yellow; 

 centre abdomen white; flanks buffy-brown; wings black, 

 tipped white, a few feathers lined white; f., sim. In- 

 sects. "Witloo." "Sleep, Baby." 

 340*Spotted Diamond-Bird (Pardalote), Diamond Dyke 

 (Ground), Ground-Diamond, Diamond Sparrow (e), 

 P. punctatus, T., A. (exc. N.A., C.A.). 



Stat. v.c. timber 3.3 

 Head, wings, tail black, spotted white; white stripe above 

 eye; back grayish-brown, marked buff and black; upper 

 base tail crimson; throat, under base tail rich yellow; 

 abdomen fawn; f., duller; head yellow spots; throat 

 whitish. Insects. "Sleep, Baby," "Sweet Dick." 

 341*Golden-rumped Diamond-Bird, Yellow-rumped Parda- 

 lote, P. xanthopygius, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. 

 f., duller. Insects. Stat. r. timber 3.5 



Like 340, but upper base tail golden-yellow; throat, under 

 base tail golden-yellow; rest under buff y- white. 



entertaining, and syllabize it as "Sweet Dick," or "Sleep, Baby." 

 Three of these birds are recognized by a small, bright spot on 

 the side of the wing. In one this spot is said to be red, in 

 another it is orange, and in the third yellow. However, Gould 

 said the young of the Red-tipped had the orange tip, and later 

 investigation seems to be supporting his view, for the Orange- 

 tipped is possibly not a different species, but only a phase of 

 the Red-tipped. One of our bird observers, Mr. F. Wilson, has 

 lately recorded finding the nest of a pair of Pardalotes, of which 

 one was red-tipped and the other orange-tipped. The Yellow- 

 tipped is said to be the commonest bird in Tasmania. These 

 birds are plentifully spotted, "spotted like the pard," hence the 

 name Pardalote, Panther-Bird, or Diamond-Bird. 

 The most characteristic family of birds of the Australian region 



