ACANTHIZA. 229 



Genus ACANTHIZA, Vig. $ Horsf. 

 Acanthiza nana, Vig. fy Horsf. 



Acanthiza nana, Gould, Handb. Birds, Austr. i. p. 371 (1865) ; Ramsay, 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 573 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p? 292 (1883) ; 

 North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 137, pi. xiii. h>. 16 (1889) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p 56 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 228 (1901) j Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 219 (1903). 



The eggs of the Yellow Tit-Warbler are of an elongated oval 

 shape and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are creamy white, 

 spotted and freckled with chestnut and lilac-grey. The markings 

 are larger and more numerous at the broad end, and form a zone or 

 cap at that part. Examples measure from '66 to *7 in length, and 

 from -41 to *49 in breadth. 



3. New South Wales (E. P. Ramsay). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales (E. P. R.). Gould Coll. 



3. Canterbury, N.S.W., 2nd Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



3. Gippsland, Victoria, 23rd Nov. Crowley Bequest. 

 (A. J. N.). 



Acanthiza inornata, Gould. 

 (Plate X. fig. 8.) 



Acanthiza inornata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 370 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 293 (1883) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 136 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 229 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 219 (1903). 



The eggs of the Plain-coloured Tit- Warbler in the Collection are 

 of a very broad oval shape and moderately glossy. They are creamy 

 white, speckled with minute markings of chestnut and lilac-grey. 

 The specks are very evenly distributed over the entire shell, but at 

 the apex of the broad end they coalesce and form a dense but very 

 small cap. Two examples measure respectively : *62 by '5 ; 

 62 by -51. 



2. West Australia, 15th Oct. Gould Coll. 



Acanthiza pusilla ( White). 



Acanthiza pusilla, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 364 (1865) ; Ramsay, 

 P. Z. 8. 1866, p. 574 j Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 294 (1883) ; 

 North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 133 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 57 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 230, pi. 10 (1901) j Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 219 (1903). 



The eggs of the Little Brown Tit-Warbler are of a rather broad 

 oval shape, but do not seem to differ in any other respect from the 

 eggs of A. nana. They measure from -62 to '7 in length, and from 

 5 to '53 in breadth. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Victoria, 10th Nov. (A. J. North). Crowley Bequest. 



