310 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
It is rarely seen in flight, spending its time hopping 
about the upper branches of the gums and tearing off 
strips of bark to get at the insects which lurk beneath. 
WHITEFACE 
Aphelocephala leucopsis leucopsis 
This is a small bird, say two-thirds the size of a 
Sparrow, of very plain plumage, being brown above, 
lighter below, with forehead and space in front of eye 
white ; but it is an interesting species in that it is 
essentially an inland bird which has wandered south. 
I first met with it on the plains at the foot of the 
You Yangs in 1896 ; the intervening years have seen 
it gradually establish itself over the district in suitable 
areas, though as yet, I think, it is not found on the 
eastern side of the town. 
The spots at which at the present day the White- 
face may be found are : along the Barwon Heads 
Road between Marshalltown and the sixth milepost ; 
along the Torquay Road between the eighth mile- 
post and Bream Creek (inhabiting in each locality the 
acacia hedges) ; among the she-oaks on the plain to 
the north of the western end of the Barrabool Hills ; 
and at Lethbridge, where it is numerous in acacia 
hedges about a mile south-east of the township. In 
the other places mentioned it only occurs in pairs. 
The note is faint and tinny," but not like that of 
any other species. 
It feeds principally on the ground, on seeds and 
