During the period of incubation, the male almost continuously pours forth his beautiful and 

 varied song whilst the female is sitting on the eggs. 



The nest is constructed of small strips of soft hark, generally of the tea-tree, and dried 

 grasses, joined together with the cocoons of spiders, and is lined with wool, the down of (lowers, or 

 fine grasses. 



Some of the eggs arc pure white, others variously marked with spots of reddish-brown. 

 They arc generally two in number, and arc eight lines long by six lines broad. 



Crown of the head, upper surface, wings and tail arc dark-brown, the primaries and secondaries 

 being margined with wax-yellow ; throat, undcr-surfacc and under-tail coverts, grey, the vent tinged 

 with yellow ; bill, blackish-brown : irid.es, hazel : legs and feet, brown. 



Total length, a { inches; bill, § inch: wing, -'l inches; tail, '1 { inches; tarsi, | inch. 



Habitats: New South Wales and Western Australia. 



