During the breeding season a single egg is laid on the ground. 



Unlike mosi birds, the female is slightlv larger than the male, and is rather brighter in 

 the colouring <>f the plumage. 



All the upper surface is brownish-grey; sides of neck and the shoulders, brown, margined 

 with buff; scapularies, dark brown, margined with grey; wings, brown, margined witli grey ami 

 spotted with dark brown ; tail-feathers, grey, spotted with brown and white; throat and chest, blackish 

 brown, margined with lighter brown; on each side of the throat is a patch of white; abdomen, light 

 bull", barred with dark brown; hides, dark brown; bill, black; feet, reddish-brown. 



Habitats: Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. 



