148 INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS 



a work of skilful manipulation. Most ground-boring birds 

 are content with the tunnel and a few^ grass stems. When 

 a number of birds were oiiginally collected that had a 

 spotted appearance, and in most other respects were alike, 

 they were all called Pardalotus (^.e., spotted), but when a 

 certain Pardalotus was found that was genuinely and fully 

 spotted it was specifically called Fardalotus punctatus (i.e., 

 spotted spotted). In Australia this is the only really 

 spotted Pardalote, but in Tasmania there is one with forty 

 spots upon it, and actually more spotted. 



JS^eal. — A loosely constructed sphere of grass placed at 

 the end of a short tunnel in the much sloping bank of a 

 creek or hillside near the water. The position varies 

 considerably. 



E(j(/s. —Four in number, and pearly white. Length, 075 

 inch ; breadth, OSo inch. 



