OF VICTORIA. 97 



" bright plumage indicating weak powers of song," for it 

 had so wonderful a voice that when I heard the rinsinof 

 music I felt entranced. Although years have passed, so 

 delightful was it the song still seems to ring with the full 

 enjoyment of that time. I met during the same week with 

 a second specimen of this bird with phenomenal voice at 

 Lang Lang, but only on those two occasions have I heard 

 the strong, sweet, clear, and regular series of running notes. 

 Judging from specimens seen in June and July, it is a 

 winter resident of the southern portions of Victoria. 



Nest. — Neatly but loosely made saucer-shaped structure 

 of dry grasses and rootlets, with lining of finer material ; 

 placed in forks of scrub, and a few feet only from the 

 ground. 



Eggs. — Three eggs to a sitting ; ground colour varies 

 considerably, from a creamy white to the ordinary brownish- 

 buff, over which are dark brown with paler lilac spots, as if 

 beneath the surface ; a zone is formed at the broader end. 

 Length, 095 inch \ breadth, 0.65 inch. 



