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constructed of strips oi bark matted together with cobwebs, and lined with soft bark or leaves. The 

 rjjjjs are light brown in colour, spotted with yellowish-red. They are ten lines long, and seven and a 

 hall* lines broad. 



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



Crown of the head, ear-eoverts. and back, olive-grey ; wings and tail, greyish-brown ; throat, 

 white; chest, greyish-white; abdomen, yellow; irides, umber-brown; bill, legs, and feet, black. 



I lahitat : Western Australia. 



EOPSALTKLA CAPITO (Gould). 



LA RdE-IIEA DEL) ROBIN. 



rill 110 brushes in the neighbourhood of the rivers of the north part of New South Wales are the home 

 J- of this species, which resembles greatly, both in habits and outward appearance, the Yellow-breasted 

 Robin. 



It breeds in September and October, laying- two eggs in a nest formed of strips of hark, and 

 placed in the fork of a tree. 



The female is slightly smaller than the male, but otherwise the sexes do not differ in appearance. 



The crown of the head, upper surface, wings, and tail are olive ; lores and throat, greyish-white ; 

 under surface, yellow; irides, umber-brown; bill, black; legs and feet, brownish flesh-colour. 



Total length, 5 inches; bill, | inch; wing, 3^ inches; tail, %\ inches; tarsi, \ inch. 



Habitat: New South Wales. 



