STRIATED TIT. 
Acanthiza lineata whitei Mathews, Bull. Brit. Omith. Club, Vol. XL., p. 106, March 31, 
1920 : Bunya Mts., South Queensland. 
Not — 
A. 1. whitei id., as above. 
Acanthiza lineata alberti Mathews, zb., p. 121, April 30, 1920 : new name for preceding. 
Distribution. Eastern Australia from North Queensland (Charleville) to South Australia, 
Kangaroo Island. 
Adult. Entire crown of head rust-brown narrowly streaked with white ; back, scapulars, 
upper wing-coverts, and outer aspect of flight-quills dull green ; long upper tail 
coverts rust-brown, the bastard-wing, median and greater upper wing-coverts, and 
primary-coverts have dark brown centres to the feathers ; inner webs of flight- 
quills dark hair-brown with white margins ; tail bronze-brown with a broad black 
subterminal band, which becomes narrow and almost obsolete on the outermost 
feathers ; sides of face yellowish-white streaked with dark brown, throat 
similar but the dark markings much less pronounced ; remainder of under-surface 
sulphur-yellow with a tinge of buff on the under tail-coverts, axillaries, and under 
wing-coverts ; under-surface of flight-quills dark hair-brown with white edgings ; 
lower aspect of tail similar to its upper surface. Bill with upper-mandible dark 
brown, lower paler ; feet smoky-brown, eyes pale smoky- white. Total length 90 mm. ; 
culmen 7, wing 48, tail 33, tarsus 17. Collected on Bunya Mountains, South 
Queensland, on the 3rd of October, 1916, and is the type of Acanthiza lineata alberti. 
The sexes are alike. 
Immature very similar to the adult, but the head markings less defined. 
Adult female. Crown of head and nape rust-brown with white shaft-lines to the feathers ; 
back, scapulars, and wings olive ; inner webs of flight-quills hair-brown with pale 
margins ; tail ochreous-brown with a wide blackish subterminal band ; sides of 
face cream- white with dark shaft-fines to the feathers ; throat and breast also 
cream- white with blackish lanceolate centres to the feathers ; abdomen, sides of 
body, and under tail-coverts pale sulphur-yellow ; axillaries and under wing- 
coverts also pale sulphur-yellow like the inner edges of the quills below, remainder 
of the quill-lining dark brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface ; 
Bill black ; feet brown ; total length 98 mm. ; culmen, 7, wing 54, tail 39, 
tarsus 18. Figured. Collected at Goulburn, New South Wales, in December 
1898. 
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Adult male similar to the adult female. 
Immature. Somewhat similar to the adult. 
Nest. Pear-shaped with hood entrance. Composed of bark and grass matted together 
with spiders’ web and fined with feathers or other soft material. Dimensions 
4 to 6 inches by 3 or 4. 
Eggs. Clutch three. Pinkish or creamy-white, freckled all over, but forming a zone at 
the larger end, with pinkish or brownish-red. 19-21 mm. by 12-13. 
“ Typically the eggs of this species may be distinguished from those of any other 
of the genus by their elongated form and the markings being congregated principally 
in the form of a distinct zone on the larger end.” (North.) 
Breeding-season. September to December. 
Gould’s notes on this species which he described read : “ This pretty little 
species inhabits most of the wooded districts of South Australia, particularly 
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