BROWN TIT. 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface mouse-brown, including the top of the 
head, sides of face, hind-neck, sides of neck, back, and upper wing-coverts ; flight- 
quills blackish-brown fringed with whitish on the inner webs ; upper tail-coverts 
smoke-brown ; tail dark brown with a broad blackish subterminal band and greyish- 
brown tips to the feathers ; fore-head and fore-part of face minutely dotted with 
white ; throat and breast dull white with dark shaft-lines to the feathers ; middle 
of abdomen silky-white ; sides of body grey with a smoky tinge ; lower flanks 
silky- white ; under tail-coverts buffy- white ; under wing-coverts and inner margins 
of quills below white ; under-surface of flight- quills greyish-brown ; lower aspect 
of tail blackish tipped with grey. Bill dark purple ; feet and legs blackish-purple, 
eyes orange-red. Total length 97 mm. ; culmen S, wing 50, tail 40, tarsus 20. 
Figured. Collected on Peron’s Peninsula, Shark’s Bay, West Australia, on the 22ncl 
of November, 1916, and is the type of Acanthiza pusilla peroni (pi. 447, left-hand 
figure. ) 
Adult mule. General colour of the upper-surface ochreous-brown, including the top of 
the head, sides of face, sides of neck, back, wings and tail, becoming rust-brown 
on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; inner webs of flight-quills dark hair-brown 
with whitish margins ; a black subterminal band on the tail which is only indicated 
on the middle feathers but well pronounced on the outer ones, which have 
smoke-grey tips ; the feathers on the forepart of the head ferruginous with 
narrow dark margins, which imparts a scalloped appearance ; throat and breast 
greyish-white longitudinally marked, or speckled with black ; middle of abdomen 
yellowish-white ; sides of body smoke-brown ; thighs and under tail-coverts buff ; 
axillaries and under wing-coverts buffy white ; under-surface of quills hair-brown 
fringed with whitish ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface, but much 
paler. Bill horn, feet fleshy ; eyes ruby. Total length 110 mm.; culmen 8, wing 52, 
tail 44, tarsus 22. Figured. Collected at Selby, Victoria, on the 6th of April, 
1912, and is Acanthiza pusilla macularia (pi. 448, right-hand figure). 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface rust-brown including the top of the 
head, sides of the face, sides of neck, hind-neck, back and outer aspect of the wings, 
becoming deep chestnut on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; inner webs of flight- 
quills dark hair-brown narrowly fringed with white ; tail bronze-brown with a 
subterminal band and smoke-grey or whitish tips to the feathers ; fore-part of 
head pale ferruginous with dark narrow margins to the feathers which gives a 
scalloped appearance ; the feathers in front, above, and below the eye speckled 
with whitish ; throat and breast white with blackish margins to the feathers which 
become almost obsolete on the lower breast ; middle of abdomen and vent white ; 
flanks and under tail-coverts ochreous-buff ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 
white like the margins of the quills below ; remainder of quill lining hair-brown ; 
lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface, but much paler. Bill very dark 
horn ; feet and legs nearly black, eyes claret. Total length 110 mm. ; culmen 9, 
wing 51, tail 47, tarsus 19. Figured. Collected at Wilson’s Inlet, South-west 
Australia, on the 10th of November, 1910, and is Acanthiza pusilla apicalis (pi. 
445, top figure). 
Adult. General colour of the upper parts olive-brown including the top of the head, back 
and wings ; inner webs of flight-quills blackish-brown narrowly fringed with whitish ; 
upper tail-coverts rust-colour ; tail bronze-brown with a blackish subterminal 
band and smoke-grey tips to the feathers ; fore-part of head ferruginous with 
minute dark fringes to the feathers which imparts a scalloped appearance ; sides 
of face dusky grey slightly speckled with greyish-white ; sides of neck ash-grey ; throat 
and breast greyish, the feathers slightly fringed with blackish ; abdomen and under 
tail-coverts yellowish-white ; flanks and thighs pale ochreous ; axillaries and 
under wing-coverts white ; under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown fringed with 
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