PATH YrKIMI A LA GILBERT] (Gould). 



(UUiEirrs thick 1 1 i:ad. 



NLIKK most of its con^viR'i's, ( J illuTt's Thickhead, so named after the indefatigable naturalist who 

 was fche first to discover it, inhabits dense brushes in the interior of Western Australia, the 



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more open forests being rarely resorted to l>y it. 



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In general habits it resembles the other members of the genus. 



The nest, which is built in duly or August, is constructed of small twigs and dried grasses, 

 and is placed in a shrub or small tree. Three eggs are laid. 



The male has the upper surface and breast dark slate-grey ; wings and tail, grey, tinged 

 with olive; throat, reddish-brown ; lower part of abdomen, buff; irides, dark brown; bill, blackish-brown; 

 legs and feet, grey. 



The female is duller in general colouring, and is devoid of the brown on the throat. 

 Habitat: Interior of Western Australia 



