It resembles the Oinclorwnphus Crurctlis in some of its habits, especially in being only a 

 summer visitant to Australia, but i» much more shy and wild, and has not the beautiful song of 

 tl, lt bin], h- usual note is rather low and plaintive and not at all unpleasing, l>nt when flying it 

 Utters i harel) and disagreeable sound. 



When not on the ground, it perches on one of the topmost branches 01 a nigh tree. 



The nest, in which four eggs are laid, is constructed of grass, and is placed on the ground. 

 'I'll, eggs are bluish-white in colour, with blotches of chestnut-brown. 



The upper Burface, wings and tail are brownish-grey, the feathers of the back having darker 



centres; in fronl of tl ye is a triangular-shaped mark of black; throat and under surface, light 



brownish-grey, the chest with a small mark of brown in the centre of each feather; the centre and 

 lower part of the abdomen darker than the rest of the under surface ; irides, red ; bill, dark brown; 

 legs and feet, brownish-flesh colour. 



Total length, 8 inches; bill \[ inch; wing, 4| inches; tail, 4y inches; tarsi, U inch. 



Habitats : Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and north coast. 



GENUS ANTHUS (Bcch stein). 



r I "Ml IS well known European form is represented in Australia by only one species. 



ANTHUS AUSTBALLS {Vi g . & Horsf.) 



A USTRALIAN PIPIT. 



ri"M!IS i- tin prototype of the European Pipit, which it resembles in most of its habits, and also 

 J- in it- Bonsr. 



It inhabits plains and open forest country in almost every part of Australia, except the 

 extreme north. It is also found in Tasmania. 



It generally remains on the ground, where it obtains the insects and seeds which constitute 

 it- food When disturbed it flies to some little distance, when it again descends, either to a branch 

 of a tree or to the earth. 



During the breeding season, which lasts from the end of August to January, it rears two, 

 and sometimes three broods. The nest is made of dried grass and is placed in a small depression 

 in the ground. The eggs are of a greyish-white colour, with spots of reddish-brown and bluish-grey. 

 They are either three or four in number, and are eleven lines long, by seven and a half lines broad. 



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