322 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OP GEELONG 
Station Peak among the thick growth of young gums 
of various kinds which covers the northern approach. 
They are also plentiful at Anglesea and in certain 
parts of the Queensclifl Road bush. A fairly thick 
growth of timber and the presence of sandy soil 
seem to be necessary conditions. The nest is a tunnel 
in a low, sloping, sandy bank such as one finds at the 
side of bush roads, or, and this is the typical case, 
it is made in the wall at the entrance to a rabbit 
burrow. The tunnel is little more than wide enough 
to let the bird in, and runs for an average length of 
1 8 inches to a terminal chamber about 4 inches in 
diameter. In this, in the dark, quite a neat nest of 
strips of bark is fashioned, lined with rootlets and finer 
bark, domed, and having a side entrance which, of 
course, faces the tunnel. 
The eggs are four in number, pure white, and 
smaller than those of the Striated Pardalote. The 
nesting-season is at its height at the end of September, 
by which time most eggs have been laid ; but from 
observations made near Marcus I think there is a 
second brood in some cases, about a month after the 
first eggs have been hatched. 
I have heard and seen the Spotted Pardalote at 
rare intervals in the elm trees in residential streets 
in the town and suburbs ; these are casual wanderers, 
there being no regular seasonal migration with this 
species. 
