I, , on ]i geeo in the most secluded places, generally remaining <>n the ground, or <>n small 

 trt and bushes, When disturbed, it runs among fche underbrush, and is out, ol* sight very quickly, 



DeB { i fl nearly always placed in a bunch of moss, hanging, as is very common in those 

 part-, from one of the branches of a tree. The nest itself is formed of strips of bark, various grasses, 

 an. I moss, and is lined warmly with feathers. The eggs are three in number, and are one inch long 

 |j. , | ,| lt |i,„., broad. Their colour is brown, with spots of a darker colour irregularly distributed over 

 tin' surface. 



The f inale is slightly smaller than the male, and her markings are not so distinct. 



I,.,,,., and ear-coverts, black; a line of yellowish-white above the eye; crown of the head and 

 back, dark brown; wingfl and tail, reddish-brown; throat, chest, and abdomen, yellow; flanks, greyish- 

 brown; irides, yellow; bill, black; legs and feet, brown. 



Total length, 5| inches; bill, inch; wing, 2;f inches; tail, 2| inches; tarsi, 1 \ inch. 



Habitat : New South Wales. 



SERICOKNIS HUMILIS (Gould). 



SUM/ 1 R E- COLOURED SERIC0RN1S. 



I N most parts of Tasmania and also in many of the islands in Bass's Straits this species is found in 

 I considerable abundance. 



On account of the localities chosen by it (deep creeks and dense thickets being most frequented) 

 it i> very little known, and specimens are comparatively rare. Like the European Wren, it hops along 

 the ground, and among stones and fallen logs, where it obtains the insects on which it feeds. During 

 the breeding; -eason the male continually utters a cheerful and rather pretty note. 



The nest, which is concealed among the thick underbrush, is dome-shaped, and is composed of 

 leaves and grass, and lined with fine fibrous roots and feathers. In this, three eggs are laid, ten and 

 a halt' lino long and eight lines broad. In colour they are fleshy-white, spotted with chestnut-red. 



A- is usual with this genus, the sexes present little or no • difference in outward appearance. 



The crown of the head, back, wings, and tail, dark olive-brown, tinged with red ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts, rufous ; lores, blackish-brown ; throat, greyish-white, spotted witli blackish-brown ; chest 

 ami abdomen, brownish-grey; irides. yellow; bill, black; legs and feet, brown. 



Total length, 5 inches; bill, | inch; wing, 2| inches; tail, 2£ inches; tarsi, 1 inch. 



Habitat- : Tasmania and some islands in Bass's Straits. 



