| t [g found in small companies of four or five, generally on the sides of gullies, or in other stony 

 places which are. more or less, covered with scrub and fallen timber. 



I, remains blmos1 entirely on the ground, and very seldom flies, hut eludes pursuit by running 

 along the ground and between the bushes with great rapidity. 



Ajnong the fallen hunks of trees, and in small bushes it obtains great numbers of insects of 

 all kinds, which constitute its sole food. 



While perched on a scrubby tree, or on a fallen limb, it pours forth a lively and musical song. 



Dissection is necessary to distinguish the sexes, so much do they resemble each other. 



Crown of the bead, upper surface, wings, and tail, blackish-brown, the tail tipped with white; 

 rump, rufous; under surface, greyish-white, spotted with black; irides, dark red; bill, grey; legs and 

 f( ct, fleshy-brown. 



Habitats: South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and southern part of Queensland. 



IIYLACOLA CAUTA {Gould). 



CAUTIOUS IIYLACOLA. 



TMlIK Hylacola Cauta is confined in its habitat to the scrub on the banks of the river Murray, in 

 I Victoria ami South Australia. 



It is smaller than its congener, Hylacobi Pyrrhopygia, but in habits resembles it greatly. It 

 remains in the thickest part of the scrub, hopping over the ground in search of insects, all the time 

 holding the tail erect from its body. Occasionally it perches on a bush or low tree, and pours forth 

 its sweet and lively song. 



No difference is perceptible in the outward appearance of the sexes. 



Crown of the head, upper surface, and wings, brown, the primaries having the base of the outer 

 web white; tail, blackish-brown, tipped with white; line above the eye, white; under surface, greyish-white; 

 the throat, chest, and part of the flanks, striated with black; irides, brown; bill, black; legs and feet, 

 yellowish-brown. 



Total length, 5| inches; bill. B /ie inch; wing, 2^ inches; tail, 'Jl inches; tarsi, % inch. 

 Habitats : Victoria and South Australia. 



