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on my return to the nest a few weeks later. I know it sat 

 upon the eggs fur days after the occurrence. 



Nest. — Suspended, side-entranced, and bearing a de- 

 pression on the head ; composed of grasses, bark, and 

 spiders' cocoons, the outside being very roughly finished ; 

 feather lining within. Further description given above. 



Eggs. — White, sometimes with a few faint pink spots at 

 one end. Three or four make a sitting. Length, 067 

 inch; breadth, 0-5 inch. 



BUFF-RUMPED TIT, 



Acaiitliiza reguloides, Vig. and Hors. 



A-kaiithi'zd reg'd-loid'es. 

 Akanthi^, a linnet; regulusi, a little king, a small bird so called; 



eldo^, like. 

 AcANTHizA REGULOiDES, Diggles, " Ornithology of Australia," 



pi. 99. 



Geographical Distribution. — 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 ; cuhnen, | inch ; wing, 2 inches ; tail, 

 \\ inches; tarsus, 0'65 inch. 



Our nearest allied bird to A. chrysorrlioa is the BuflT-rumped 

 Tit. It is easily known from the former by its 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 

 between Spencer's Gulf and the Fitzroy River, in Queens- 

 land. Both species are popular friends of tillers of the soil. 

 Rarely are they recognized as two species. G. reguloides^ 



