PLATE XIII. 



ACANTHIZA NANA (Vig and Horsf.) 



LITTLE ACANTHIZA. 



THIS member of the genus Acanthiza inhabits the South-eastern portion of Australia, frequenting 

 various kinds of trees, among the branches of which it obtains its food, which consists solely of 

 insects. 



The nest, like those of all its congeners, is constructed of grass, in the form of a dome, and 

 has an entrance in the side near the top. It is placed on one of the branches of a tree. 



The sexes are so similar in outward appearance that dissection is necessary in order to distinguish 



them. 



All the upper surface is bright olive ; tail primaries, and secondaries, greyish-brown, tinged with 

 olive, the tail crossed near the tip by a band of black ; ear-coverts and throat, rufous ; rest of under 

 surface, yellow ; hides, brown ; bill, legs, and feet, black. 



Habitats : New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. 



ACANTHIZA LI NEAT A (Gould). 



STRIATED ACANTHIZA. 



THIS, the smallest of all the Acanthizm, is found in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, 

 principally among the creeks and gullies in the interior. 



Like the other members of. the genus, it feeds on insects, and in the breeding season builds a 

 dome-shaped nest. 



The female does not differ in outward appearance from the male. 



Crown of the head and cheeks are brownish-olive with a fine line of white down the centre of 

 each feather ; back, wings, and tail, olive-brown ; throat and under surface, greyish-white ; the feathers of 

 the throat and chest tipped with olive-grey ; irides, light brown ; bill, black ; legs and feet, blackish-brown. 



Total length, 3| inches ; bill, § inch ; wing, 2 inches ; tail, 1| inch ; tarsi, f inch. 



Habitats : New South W T ales, Victoria, and South Australia. 



