h has a voracious appetite, and spends most of its time upon the ground, for ever scratching busily 
mniwig the fallen leaves for the smaller berries and Beeds which constitute its staple food. Wherever the Native 
Cherry [JBxooarput) is plentiful there ma; the presence of the Brush Bronzewing be counted upon, and there is 
little doubt that the Bhed fruit of this tree forms a special dietary attraction. 
The excessive Hut tering of itsshort, heavy wings renders flight a very noisy performance, and, though its 
intennigratorj habit is indubitable, it would appear to exercise its powers of flight little more than is actually 
neeessan t<> convey it from one belt of scrub to another, or to place it out of threatened danger. The somewhat 
un-pigeon-likc contour of its body is due to the depth and development of the pectoral muscle and the short full 
tail, which combine to give it a squat appearance. 
The nest is \ n \ frequently simply a convenient arrangement of the wind-borne leaves and twigs it 
finds lodged in the fork of the ti-tree (Jjeptophylktm), and, making allowance for territorial variation, it is 
onlikelj that it breeds more than once in each season. Gould relates that in Western Australia "it has been 
observed to breed sometimes on the ground," but, frequently as I have found its nest, both early and late, it has 
always ' n situated in some low bush or grass-tree. 
There is UO external difference noticeable between the sexes. 
( Irowr of head, grey, with a narrow band of russet extending over each eye to the bill ; face, breast and 
under surface, warm grey, tdnct with yellow; throat and chin, russet, bordered by dark grey; back, warm russet, 
feathers darkly bordered ; tail and tertiary wing feathers, deep brown; secondary wing feathers, bright metallic 
bronze, splashed with white around edges; bill, olive; feet, orange-red. 
The illustration is two-thirds life-size. 
