274 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
hanging ironbark, quite 15 feet up. At the You 
Yangs the nest is commonly placed in a kangaroo- 
acacia bush. In the forest a favourite site is a clump 
of dwarf ti-tree growing by the roadside in a wet 
patch of country. 
The nest is domed and is neatly constructed of fine 
grasses and lined with fur and feathers ; it does not, 
however, compare for beauty with either of the other 
Acanthizas' nests. Its small, round entrance marks 
it off from the Blue Wren's nest. 
The eggs, always three in number, are white, with 
a well-defined ring of red spots round the larger end. 
LITTLE TIT 
Acanthiza nana mathewsi 
I DID not identify this species before the year 1901, 
but ever since that date it has gradually become 
one of the commonest small birds in the Eastern Park 
and neighbouring streets and crescents, where it is 
to be seen in the topmost branches of pepper trees 
prospecting for blight {aphides) and similar small 
insects. In the Park it affects the tall sugar-gums 
which form an avenue along the south drive ; from 
the tops of the trees its faint double chirps may be 
heard continually, the birds remaining vocal all 
through the year. It is easier to distinguish in the 
smaller pepper trees, for, these being so much lower, 
one can without difficulty make out the yellowish 
