PINK-BREASTED ROBIN 229 
web ; the markings run on through the secondaries, 
increasing in size ; and the secondaries show a second 
and similar series near the ends of the feathers, but 
the latter set is much fainter. The general appear- 
ance, however, is of two clear wing-stripes of buff. 
The faint forehead-spot is buff, the bases of the 
feathers so spotted being white. The two external 
tail-feathers are much lighter than the rest, and 
themselves are lighter beneath than above, but could 
not be called white. Wing measures 2i inches. 
The lower webs of the wing feathers become gradually 
lighter, till that of the innermost secondary is almost 
pure white — these whitish marks are concealed. 
Hall says the forehead-spot is buff in the Rose 
Robin and white in the present species. 
My earliest record for the Pink Robin in Geelong 
is April 4th, 1912, and latest August 30th in the same 
year. 
I saw a male at Anakie on September loth, 1892, 
which would seem to indicate that the species breeds 
in those thickly wooded ranges. A pair were noted 
at Grub Lane on August 19th, 1892, but I should 
not think the scrub there thick enough for them to 
nest in, so that these were probably about to return 
to the western forest. In the summer of 1895-6 
Geelong field-naturalists found a nest in a blackwood 
at Phantom Falls, Lome ; and Mr. Riordan found 
seven or eight nests along the Cumberland River, 
seemingly ready for eggs, in mid-January, 1908. 
These were small, round, lined with the red downy 
