234 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
Yangs on October 29th, 191 1, whistling all day. 
One nest was just beginning in a pine tree. Rufous 
Thickheads are also abundant from October onwards, 
through the summer, in the bush between Torquay and 
Jan Juc, and thence are found right on past Anglesea to 
Airey's Inlet. East of the town one seldom sees them; 
I never observed the species in the extensive woods 
between Ocean Grove, Drysdale, and QueenscliflE. 
The male is grey above, white throat with dark 
band between it and the orange-brown breast ; the 
female is like the male above, but tinged with ashy 
brown ; lores and ear coverts ashy brown ; throat 
and cheeks white with dark brown streaks ; under 
parts light fawn with distinct streaks on breast, 
becoming lighter on abdomen, flanks, and under tail 
coverts. Compare with the female of the White- 
throated species, which is olive-brown above, wing 
coverts and secondaries blackish brown, edged reddish 
brown ; primaries edged grey ; throat pale brown 
with white spots ; under parts buff without streaks ; 
under wing coverts whitish. 
OLIVACEOUS THICKHEAD 
Timixos olivaceus tregellasi 
On September 20th, 191 3, Mr. H. A. Purnell and I 
were walking from Wensleydale to Anglesea across 
country, in the hope of discovering the haunt of the 
Geelong Ground-wren (Hylacola), For about a mile 
our course lay along the left bank of a marshy creek 
