232 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
Except Airey's Inlet and Lorne, the places men- 
tioned are not breeding-localities, but only winter- 
quarters. By the middle of September the White- 
throated Thickheads have moved back again into the 
forests where they nest. 
They breed at Anakie on the north, and at Lorne, 
possibly also at Airey's Inlet on the south-west, but 
not closer in to the town. Here I might note that 
the forest at the back of Anakie has, so far as suitability 
as a nesting-place for birds is concerned, much in 
common with the Otway forest, and many partial 
migrants nest there which visit the neighbourhood of 
the town itself in the winter. 
The nest of the White-throated Thickhead is a 
very light structure, shaped like a small, deepish 
saucer ; built of thin dry twigs, and with a very 
little lining of rootlets, so that almost always the two 
eggs may be seen through it from below. It is placed 
in a small fork in a thick green shrub such as a wild 
cherry {Exocarpus) or ti-tree {Melaleuca), October 
and November are the breeding-months. The eggs 
are of a rich cream ground-colour, with a ring of 
reddish spots ; they are much lighter than the eggs 
of the Rufous Thickhead. 
RUFOUS-BREASTED THICKHEAD 
Lewinornis rufiventris rufiventris 
This also is a partial migrant, but in exactly the 
opposite sense to the White-throated Thickhead, 
