BLACK OR HOODED ROBIN 231 
white, and white feathers on each side of the black 
tail. The female is dark grey above, with less 
distinct wing band, under surface light grey, white 
feathers at sides of grey tail. 
WHITE-THROATED THICKHEAD 
Pachycephala pectoralis youngi 
The male of this species is identifiable by his white 
throat, with a black band under it, and bright yellow 
breast ; he is one of the most beautiful of our smaller 
birds, and has a cheerful ringing note, though I should 
pause before calling him a song-bird. The female is 
very like the female of the next species (the Rufous- 
breasted Thickhead). I describe both in the next 
article, but the simplest means of distinguishing them 
is by remembering that in the town itself and imme- 
diate environs we never meet with both species at 
the same time of year. Between March and 
September, then, which is the season when one 
oftenest sees the hen birds about Geelong, you may 
safely assume that it is the White-throated species. 
I never saw a male bird in the town of Geelong, 
but have noted them at Anglesea (with female), 
June 1st; Ocean Grove (with female), July 13th; 
Mount Duneed, August 31st — all in 1902 ; and at 
Batesford (with female, and singing), April 23rd, 
and again on May 26th (two males), and June 22nd, 
191 2 ; also at Airey's Inlet and Lorne (singing), 
March 2ist to March 23rd, 1913. 
