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  among 
  fallen 
  scrub. 
  One 
  of 
  its 
  vernacular 
  names 
  is 
  "Badger 
  

   Bird 
  " 
  — 
  why, 
  I 
  know 
  not. 
  

  

  Ewing's 
  Tit 
  {A. 
  ewingi), 
  which 
  was 
  figured 
  by 
  Gould, 
  had 
  

   been 
  lost 
  sight 
  of 
  until 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  G. 
  Campbell 
  rediscovered 
  it 
  on 
  

   King 
  Island 
  in 
  November, 
  1902 
  ; 
  he 
  also 
  procured 
  a 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  in 
  the 
  gullies 
  on 
  Mount 
  Wellington, 
  near 
  Hobart, 
  in 
  

   November, 
  1903. 
  Col. 
  Legge 
  informs 
  us 
  that 
  a 
  specimen 
  was 
  

   found 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  collection 
  recently 
  acquired 
  by 
  the 
  Hobart 
  

   Museum 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  Norfolk 
  district. 
  Now 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  

   has 
  had 
  its 
  identity 
  placed 
  beyond 
  dispute, 
  it 
  remains 
  for 
  

   field 
  naturalists 
  to 
  ascertain 
  its 
  range 
  in 
  this 
  island. 
  It 
  

   is 
  distinguished 
  from 
  A. 
  diemenensis 
  chiefly 
  by 
  the 
  dark 
  

   " 
  winglet," 
  rufous 
  forehead, 
  greater 
  length 
  of 
  tail, 
  and 
  longer 
  

   tarsus. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  darker 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface, 
  throat, 
  and 
  

   abdomen. 
  

  

  The 
  Long-billed 
  Tit 
  (.4. 
  magnirostris) 
  was 
  also 
  discovered 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  A. 
  G. 
  Campbell 
  during 
  his 
  trip 
  to 
  King 
  Island 
  in 
  November, 
  

   1902. 
  This 
  species, 
  as 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Campbell 
  tells 
  us, 
  has 
  more 
  of 
  

   the 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  mottled 
  under-surface 
  than 
  A. 
  diemenensis 
  ; 
  

   it 
  is 
  also 
  remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  great 
  size 
  of 
  its 
  bill. 
  

  

  The 
  Scrub 
  Tit 
  {Acanthomis 
  magna) 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  Tasmania 
  

   alone, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Mount 
  Welling- 
  

   ton, 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  not 
  uncommon 
  round 
  Mount 
  

   Bischoff. 
  In 
  some 
  other 
  and 
  similar 
  localities 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  found, 
  

   but 
  in 
  no 
  district 
  is 
  it 
  at 
  all 
  common. 
  Placed 
  originally 
  among 
  

   the 
  Acanthizce, 
  it 
  was 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Sericomis, 
  

   but 
  Col. 
  Legge 
  has 
  founded 
  a 
  new 
  genus 
  for 
  its 
  reception, 
  viz. 
  

   Acanthomis. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  Tasmania, 
  the 
  Brown 
  Scrub 
  Wren 
  (Sericomis 
  

   humilis) 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  adjacent 
  islands. 
  The 
  species 
  

   is 
  more 
  plentiful 
  than 
  the 
  one 
  just 
  referred 
  to. 
  It 
  also 
  fre- 
  

   quents 
  more 
  open 
  and 
  accessible 
  country, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  

   fond 
  of 
  tracts 
  with 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  undergrowth, 
  where 
  it 
  

   procures 
  its 
  food 
  and 
  rears 
  its 
  young. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fast 
  runner, 
  

   and 
  somewhat 
  shy, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  with 
  difficulty 
  that 
  one 
  obtains 
  

   a 
  good 
  view 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  scrub. 
  Some 
  few 
  months 
  since 
  I 
  

   was 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  see 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  birds 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   searching 
  for 
  insects 
  among 
  the 
  grass 
  and 
  leaves 
  and 
  small 
  

   bushes 
  in 
  a 
  partly 
  cleared 
  patch. 
  It 
  was 
  necessary 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  

  

  