The upper surface is brown, the feathers of the forehead margined with buffy- white; primaries, 

 brown' the remainder of the wings, olive ; upper tail-coverts, rufous; tail, olive-brown, all except the two 

 centre feathers tipped with buffy white; throat and chest, white, each feather margined with black; 

 abdomen and Ranks, light buff; irides, brown ; bill, brownish-black ; legs and feet, light brown. 



Total length, I inches; bill, .', inch; wing, 2 inches; tail, I , ! inch; tarsi, f inch. 



Habitats ; Victoria and South Australia. 



ACANTHIZA [NOENATA (Gould). 



PLAIN-COLO URED A CA N TH I/. 1 . 



rilllK Acanthiza Inomata differs considerably from the other members of the genus, both in the 

 I plainness of its colouring and the shape of the tail, which, moreover, it never erects, but carries 

 in :i ntraighl line with the body. These differences might almost warrant the creation of a new 

 genua, but as this is always inadvisable unless absolutely necessary, it has been placed in the genus 

 assigned to it by (b>uld. 



South and Western Australia, in both of which colonies it is fairly common, constitute 

 it- habitat. 



It i- generally seen on shrubs or small trees, among the branches of which it obtains the 

 varion- kinds of insects on which it feeds. 



It \cry seldom breeds before November, in which months five eggs are laid in a dome-shaped 

 nest, made of tine grasses, lined with feathers, and placed in a small bush or scrub-like tree. 



te eggs are white, slightly tinged with greenish-grey; they measure seven and a half lines 

 long, by five and a half lines broad." — (Gould). 



The sexes do not differ in outward appearance. 



The upper surface, wings, and tail are brownish-olive; the primaries, dark brown; crown of 

 the head, brown, each feather having a black spot ; under surface, greyish-white; ear-coverts, light buff; 

 Hides, greenish-white ; bill and feet, greenish-black. 



Total length. :\h inches ; bill, ^ inch ; wing, If inch ; tail, 1^ inch ; tarsi, l f u inch. 



Habitats: South and Western Australia. 



GENUS GEOBASILEUS (Cabanis). 



Ill IS genus was instituted by Cabanis for two of the Acanthizm, which are terrestrial in their habits, 

 and which therefore may fairly claim to be genericallv distinct from the others. 



