PARDALOTUS MELANOCEPHALUS. 



(B iack-Jieaded Pardalote.) 



Ceown, lores, and ear coverts, black ; a stripe from the nostrils over and behind the eye, orange in front and white behind ; sides of face and 

 neck, vi^hite ; back of neck and back, olive grey ; upper tail coverts, buff; tail, black, slightly tipped with white; wings, black; spurious 

 wing, tipped with crimson ; primaries, from the third to the seventh, white ; centre of throat, breast, and abdomen, bright yellow ; under tail 

 coverts, buff ; bill, black; feet, brown ; irides, brown. 



Length, 4i inches ; wing, 2| ; tail, 1^ ; bill, f ; tarsus, |. 



This very distinct species is plentiful in Queensland, being common in the neighborhood of Brisbane. It frequents trees, and 

 is a very silent bird, its note consisting of a mere twitter. Its ordinary place of nidification is the bank of a dry watercourse, into which it 

 excavates a tunnel, at the end of which is the nest, formed of tea-tree bark. The eggs are from four to six in number, white : size, 9 by 7 

 lines. This bird has sometimes been caged. One in the possession of a friend lived in captivity two years, and became very tame, taking 

 insects from the hand, but was fed principally upon bread and sugar. 



PAEDALOTUS UROPYGIALIS. 



(Yellow-rmnped Pardalote.) 



Crown of the head, stripe before and behind the eye, black ; lores, rich orange ; a mark from above the eye to the occiput, chest, and centre 

 of the abdomen, white ; throat and cheeks, delicate crocus yellow ; rump and upper tail coverts, sulphur yellow; back, olive grey; wings, 

 black ; the external webs of the second and five following primaries, white at the base ; spurious wing, tipped with scarlet ; tail, black— the 

 three outer feathers tipped with white ; bill, black ; feet, lead color. 



Length, 3i inches ; wing, 2i ; tail, 1 ; bill, i ; tarsus, f . 



This rare species has only been obtained on the north-west coast. Nothing as yet is recorded concerning it. 



