58 INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS 



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From its close general resemblance to the other Acanthlzce 

 it is difficult to distinguish among the foliage. It has a 

 note slightly different from the others, and is most 

 numerous in the Wimmera district. 



Practically it performs that service in the dry areas that 

 A.pusilla does in the moist parts. During winter it travels 

 long distances, and on more than one occasion I have been 

 surprised to find it south of County Evelyn late in the 

 autumn. 



Nest. — Dome-shaped and roughly formed ; side entrance 

 near top, without a mantle. It is suspended from 

 foliage on various shrubs in the scrub. In many respects 

 it is similar to those of the two previous tits. 



Eggs. — Three, sometimes four, to a sitting ; white, 

 blotched with reddish and lilac spots, particularly on the 

 bulged portion. Length, 65 inch ; breadth, 0-45 inch. 



STRIATED TIT 



(Hanging Tit), 



Aeanthiza lineata, Gld. 



A-kan'thi'zd lin'e-d'td. 

 AJcanthis, a linnet ; lineatus, lined. 

 AcAXTHiZA LINEATA, Gould, " Birds of Australia," fol. , vol. iii,, pi. 61. 

 Geographical Distribution. — Areas 3, 4, 6. 



Key to the Species. — Head a little more rufescent-brown than the 

 back, and streaked conspicuously with whitish shaft lines ; 

 back olive-greenish ; throat ashy white ; band on tail strictly 

 subterminal and not equal to basal half of tail ; tail quite even ; 

 tarsus scutellated. 



The smallest member of its genus is the Striated Tit, 

 peculiar to Tasmania and our continent. It is the well- 



