ACANTHIZA. 133 



Hab. llockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales. 

 {Ramsay.) 



"3 SERICORNIS MACULATUS, Gould. 



Spotted Sericornis. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 218, p. 361. 



Mr. George Masters procured the nests and eggs of this species 

 while at King George's Sound, Western Australia, in December 

 1868. The nest is similar to those of other members of the genus 

 being a dome-shaped structure, composed of grasses, rootlets ifcc. 

 warmly lined inside with feathers,' and is placed in the scrubby 

 undergrowth near the ground. Eggs three in number for a 

 sitting of a rich fleshy-white, minutely freckled and spotted with 

 dark purplish- and slaty-grey markings, which are more thickly 

 disposed towards the larger end. Length (A) 0-78 x 0'54 inch ; 

 (B) 0-79 X 0-55 inch ; (0) 0-78 x 0-56 inch. 



Sab. New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, 

 West and South-west Australia. {Eamsa^'.') 



Genus ACANTHIZA, Vigors and Horsfield. 



0. ACANTHIZA PUSILLA, Latham. 



Little Brown Acanthiza. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 220, p. 364. 



" A lover of the scrubs and thick bushes, this species although 

 plentiful is not so often met with as the other members of its 

 genus. In its habits it seems to be intermediate between 

 Geobasileus and the true Acanthizce, being frequently seen on the 

 ground as well as in the trees. I have never noticed it mounting 

 high among the branches, nor does it appear to like thinly wooded 

 districts, showing a decided preference for the brushwood and 



