316 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



The Brown Tit, A', pusilla. — Eastern Australia. Above olive-green; fore- 

 head pale rufous; breast and abdomen yellowish- white; tail without 

 white tip. Length 3.9 inches. 



The Brown-rumped Tit, A. diemenensis. — Tasmania. Above olive-brown, 

 forehead pale rufous; breast and abdomen yellowish-white; tail 

 without white tip. Length 4 inches. 



The Broad-tailed Tit, A. apicalis. — Central and West Australia. Above 

 dark olive-brown; forehead blackish; breast white, streaked with 

 black; abdomen white; tail feathers with white tips to the inner 

 webs. Length 4 inches. 



The Red-rumped Tit, A. pyrrhopygia. — Western Australia. Like the pre- 

 ceding, but has shorter and more robust bill, and greater depth of 

 red colouring on the rump and upper tail-coverts. Length 4 inches, 

 wing 2, tail 1%. 



Whitlock's Tit, A. mhitlocM. — Western Australia. Distinguished from 

 preceding ' ' by its greyish-brown instead of olive-brown upper parts, 

 lendering the rufous-brown upper tail-coverts more conspicuous, by 

 its purer white under parts, and the broader black sub-terminal band 

 on the tail feathers." (North.) 



Scaly-breasted Tit, A. squamata. — North Queensland (Herberton Eange). 

 Similar to A. reguloicles, but is larger and has a shorter tarsus. 



Dusky Tit, A. ZieUi. — Kangaroo Island. The mantle is blackish, not 

 olive-brown; the legs are black with brownish hue; the forehead 

 feathers are fawn-coloured at their base, not rufous; nearest to 

 A. apicalis. Length 3.9 inches, wing 1.8, tail 1.6. 



Large-billed Tit, A magnirostris. — This bird has more of the black and 

 white mottled under surface than A. diemenensis, and thus more 

 resembles A. pusilla in this respect, but may be easily separated from 

 both these birds by the great size of its bill. Length 4.25 inches, 

 wing 2.0, tail 1.6. (Campbell.) 



Thick-billed Tit, A. roiusiirostris. — West Australia (Murchison). Head 

 and upper surface bluish-grey, the feathers having longitudinal black 

 centres, bold on the crown, but faint on upper mantle; white 

 feathers on the rump and its sides; centre of abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts white. Length 3.5 inches; wing 2.1, tail 1.6, tarsus 0.8. 

 (Milligan). 



Mathew's Tit, A. mathewsi. — Victoria. Underparts less green than in 

 A. nana, rather less bright and of a more brownish tint, and the 

 under surface paler and of a more buffy-yellow, contrasting with the 

 pale rufous-buff throat. 



The Striated Tit, A. lineaia. — South and East Australia. Above dull olive- 

 green, but the head brown, streaked conspicuously with white; breast 

 like the throat; abdomen yellowish-white; tip of the tail ashy 

 inclined to white. Length 3.9 inches. ' Nest pendent. 



