BIRDS OF THE BLOSSOMS AND OUTER FOLIAGE 
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Notes. — Usually in pairs, frequenting the outer foliage of trees; its 
call-note is unlike that of the other Pardalotes, being a loud, mellow 
whistle repeated five times in succession. Food : insects and their larvae. 
N est. — Cup-shaped, composed entirely of fine strips of bark, and 
placed at the end of a tunnel in a bank. 
Eggs. — Three or four, pure white. Breeding-season: July to Sep- 
tember or October. 
28. Black-headed Pardalote Pardalotus melanocephalus Gould 
meV-an-o-cepK-al-us — Gk, melas ( melanos ), black; Gk, cephale, head. 
Distribution. — Mid-western Australia, across northern Australia to 
northern Queensland, and southwards to New South Wales. 
Notes. — Usually in pairs, keeping to the topmost leafy twigs of trees, 
where it secures its food, which consists of insects and their larvae. 
Nest. — Like that of the Spotted Pardalote, and placed in similar situ- 
ations. 
Eggs. — Usually four, pure white. Breeding-season: June to Novem- 
ber or December; in New South Wales the breeding-season is August to 
December. 
