ACANTHIZA CHRYSORRHCEA. 



(Yellow-rumped Acanthiza.) 



Forehead, black — each feather tipped with white ; line over the eye, cheeks, and throat, greyish white ; upper surface and wings, olive 

 brown; rump and upper tail coverts, light yellow ; tail, blackish brown, margined and tipped with grey; irides, light grey; bill and feet, 

 blackish brown. 



Length, 4 inches ; wing, 2i ; tail, If ; bill, i ; tarsus, i. 



This species has a larger range than any other of its congeners, being found at all seasons in New South Wales, Victoria, South 

 Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania. It has a sweet song, not unlike that of the English gold-finch. It associates in small flocks, 

 and is tame and familiar. The nest is dome-shaped, and has a small hole for entrance ; at the top of the dome is a depression like a second 

 nest, which is probably used by the male while the female is incubating. The nest is placed in a low bush, no matter of what kind. Eggs, 

 four or five ; flesh color, or the same speckled with reddish yellow : size, 9 by 6 lines. The bronze cuckoo (Chrysococcyx Basalis) frequently 

 deposits its egg in the nest of this species, the young of which are turned out by the more strong limbed intruder, which is fed and cared for 

 by the foster parents with the greatest assiduity. The number of broods reared by a A. Chrysorrhoea is not less than three in the year. 



ACANTHIZA REGULOIDES. 



(Buff-rumped Acanthiza.) 

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Upper surface, delicate olive brown — the feathers of the forehead, tipped with lighter ; wings, brown, margined with lighter ; throat, white ; 

 upper tail coverts, chest, and abdomen, bufiish yellow; tail, blackish brown, margined and tipped with brownish buff"; bill, brown; feet, olive 

 brown; irides, straw color. 



Length, 31 inches ; wing, 2 ; tail. If ; bill, | ; tarsus, i. 



Erom Queensland to South Australia this pretty species is to be found. Like the former species, it is gregarious and tame in 

 disposition ; it also builds a dome-shaped nest, which is formed of grasses, spiders' webs, etc., and lined with feathers, the same being generally 

 fixed to a hanging piece of bark of the Eucalyptus or Melaleua. The eggs are four in number. Its food consists of insects, which are 

 procured, not only on the trees, but on the ground. 



ACANTHIZA DIEMENENSIS. 



(Tasmanian Acanthiza.) 



Forehead, rufous— each feather tipped with blackish brown ; upper surface, wings, and tail, dull olive brown ; upper tail coverts, tinged with 

 rufous ; tail, crossed by a band of deep brown ; throat and chest, whitish, irregularly streaked with dark brown ; the remainder of the under 

 surface, buff", deepening into rufous on the under tail coverts ; bill, brown ; irides, red ; feet, brown. 



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



This species is confined to Tasmania, over which island it is to be found pretty plentifully dispersed, frequenting low and 

 scrubby vegetation, and also gardens. Its globular nest is placed in a low bush, and has a small entrance near the top. It is formed of 

 grasses, root fibres, and strips of bark, and well lined with feathers. Eggs, four or five, pearly bluish white, sprinkled and spotted with 

 reddish brown : size. Si by 6 lines. 



