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The principal feeding ground of this species is on the 

 peripheral parts of eucalypti, and it is well worth noting 

 that it is the special business of this bird to reduce a horde 

 of insect life upon the tips of branches that are visited by 

 very few other birds. Just as a Honey-eater flickers before 

 a richly-laden flower, so does this one before the extreme 

 tips of boughs before hanging upon them to secure what it 

 has seen and must pursue. 



Fig. 11. Nest of Striated Tit. One-seventh natural size. 



The nest of A. lineata is well woven, small in comparison 

 with the unwieldy mass of G. chrysorrhoa, made of dry 

 grass, and lined with brown and white hair of the cow. 

 This is typical, but the divergence is as great in the 

 material as with other species. The standard dome form 

 with side entrance, never varies, according to my know- 

 ledge of the matter. Only once have I been able to watch 



