BROWN TIT. 
length 108 mm. ; culmen 16, wing 51, tail 41, tarsus 18. This is the type of Acanthiza 
archibaldi Mathews from King Island. 
The sexes of all the above are alike. 
Young female. Differs from the adult male in being more rufous-brown above, the upper 
tail-coverts brighter chestnut, the light pattern at the tip of the tail darker and 
inclining to pale brown, throat and breast darker, flanks and under tail-coverts 
inclining to ochreous. Total length 105 mm. ; culmen 14, wing 51, tail 41, tarsus 19. 
Collected on King Island. 
Nest. Partly dome-shaped, with opening near the top. Situated in a small tree. Composed 
of soft dead grass and lined with feathers. Outside measurements 6 inches deep 
by 3 wide. Opening about 1J inches wide (East Australia). 
Nest. Oval-shaped with side opening. Placed between twigs. Composed of grass 
matted together with cocoons on the outside and lined with feathers. Outside 
measurements 4 inches deep by about 3 wide. Opening about 1 inch wide (West 
Australia. ) 
Nest. Oval with opening placed near the top. Situated in the long grass or in the Bottle- 
brush tree. Composed of dried grass and the deep egg cavity warmly lined with 
feathers. Outside measurements 6 inches deep by about 3 wide. (Tasmania, 
diemenensis. ) 
Nest. Pear-shaped with entrance near the top. Composed of dried grass. Lined with 
thistledown and a few feathers. Dimensions outside 8 inches long by 3 wide. 
(Tasmania. ) 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface ochreous-brown including the head, 
back, wings and tail ; fore-part of the head rather paler and inclining to rufous and 
having dark edges to the feathers which imparts a scalloped appearance ; rictal 
bristles black ; primary-coverts blackish ; inner portions of some of the flight- 
quills greyish-white ; outer margins of some of the primaries paler than the back like 
the base of the tail, which has a blackish subterminal band and bronze-grey tips to 
the feathers ; sides of face dusky grey ; throat greyish- white with dark edges 
and dusky bases to the feathers ; middle of abdomen and under tail-coverts 
yellowish-white with blackish bases to the feathers ; sides of body and thighs olive 
with blackish bases to the feathers ; axillaries, under wing-coverts and inner edges 
of quills below dusky white ; remainder of quill lining dark brown ; lower aspect 
of tail grey with a dark subterminal band. Total length 105 mm. ; culmen 9, 
wing 56, tail 45, tarsus 22. Figured on pi. 451, bottom figure. Collected at Hogan’s 
Track, Tasmania, on the 13th of September, 1909 {—A. ewingi or A. dovei nom. n.). 
Adult female. From the same locality similar to the adult male. 
Nest. Dome-shaped with side entrance, composed of bark and covered with green moss, 
lined with feathers and other soft material. Dimension 4| inches by 3. 
Eggs. Clutch three, white with a zone near the larger end of purplish-red, 17 mm. by 14. 
Breeding- season. October to December. (July to October, West Australia. ) 
The whole of White’s account reads: “Brown Warbler, pale beneath, with 
a band of brown towards the tip of the tail. This little bird is about the 
same size with the Superb Warbler, and has evidently some affinity with that 
species, but (exclusive of the difference in colour) the tail is not in the least 
cuneated, but even at the end.” 
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