I, k ver , .| lV wtay, and is, therefore, very difficult to approach. When disturbed, it runs 

 along among the grass, or hides in a bush, very rarely using its powers of aight, which, as a matter of 

 t.i. t, an verj small. 



1 1 fiviiuontly emits ii> soft »nd pretty note while perched on a small bush or shrub. 



this Speeies and its convener emit a strong odour, which causes sporting dogs to point, 

 even at a considerable distance. 



The breeding season lasts ft-ow the end of August to the beginning of* January. Tlie eggs, 

 w |ji c h either three or Pour in number, are laid in a globular-shaped nest placed on the ground, and 

 which is constructed of grass, lined with feathers. Their colour is light chestnut, spotted with brown, 

 the spots being mos1 thickly distributed at the larger end. 



( f the head, rufous; upper surface, reddish-brown, each feather with a mark of black in 



centre' wings dark brown*; tail,' reddish-brown, all but the two central feathers tipped with white: 

 a ,,(• w hjte over the eye; ear-coverts and throat white; rest of the under surface greyish-buff, 



p^j, feather marked with brownish-black; bill, blackish-brown: irides. buff; legs and feet, olive-brown. 



Total length, I. 1 , inches; bill, g inch: wing. I'j inches; tail, 2 inches; tarsi, | inch. 



Habitats Victoria. South Australia, and Western Australia. 



CALAMANTHUS FULIGINOSUS. 



S TRIA TED CA L. I .1/. I NTH I X 



f M 1 1 1 ". Striated Calamanthus is an inhabitant of Tasmania, w here it frequents the same kind of 

 I country as Calamanthus Campestris, namely, open plains and scrubby land. 



It- habit- also resemble in most respects those of its congener. Like that bird, it very seldom 

 flies, but generally runs along the ground, from bush to bush, carrying its tail erect, it also emits the 

 same strong odour, which at once draws the attention of dogs to it. 



It bieeds in September and the three following months. The nest is composed of grass and 

 Feathers, and contains three or four eggs, the average length of w hich is ten lines and a half, and the 

 breadth eight lines and a half. Their colour is chestnut brown, tinged here and there with darker 

 colour. 



The -- \es do not differ in colouring, but the female is slightly smaller than the male. 



The upper surface is greenish-olive, each feather having a mark of black: wings, blackish- 

 brown, tail, olive-brown; line over the eye, white; throat and breast, greyish-white; rest of under 

 surface, buff, each feather of the under surface having a narrow line of black down the centre; irides, 

 light butt"; bill, legs and feet, olive-brown. 



1 1 tbitat : Tasmania. 



