STRIATED PARDALOTE. 
and breast dull lemon-yellow ; abdomen whitish; sides of body pale ochreous ; 
thighs dusky ; under tail-coverts pale buff ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 
cream-white dotted with pale brown; under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown 
with cream-white margins ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface. Bill 
greenish-black, eyes dirty green, feet pale neutral tint. Collected at Bayswater, 
Victoria, on the 27tli of March, 1909. 
Immature female. Crown of head, sides of neck, hind-neck, and upper-back olive-brown, 
the feathers on the head minutely fringed with blackish which imparts a scalloped 
appearance; scapulars, lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts sepia-brown; 
wings blackish, lesser upper wing-coverts and median series tipped with olive- 
brown, bastard-wing fringed with white, primary-coverts tipped with red, some 
of the primary-quills fringed with umber-brown on the outer-webs and w r hitish 
towards the tips ; tail-feathers blackish marked with white on the inner-webs at 
the tips ; sides of face, sides of breast, and sides of body pale ochreous-brown; 
under tail-coverts pale buff; axillaries and under wing-coverts cream-white 
with pale brown dots on the margin of the wing; under-surface of flight-quills 
pale greyish-brown inclining to whitish on the margins ; lower aspect of tail similar 
to its upper-surface but paler. Bill dark brown, gape cream, eyes grey, feet fleshy. 
Collected at Ringwood, Victoria, on the 9th of December, 1911. 
Pardalotinus striatus striatus. 
Eggs. Three to four eggs form the clutch, and sometimes five. A clutch of four taken at 
Berriedale, Glenorchy, Tasmania, on the 24th of October, 1896, is pure white. 
Round ovals in shape, shell fine and rather glossy. 19 mm. by 14. 
Nest. Is usually placed in a small hollow or hole in a tree ; it is a domed or covered over 
structure, and composed of grass, bark, and sometimes feathers. The nest is situated 
at heights varying from a few feet up to fully 50 feet above the ground. This 
species has been known to burrow into the bank of a creek, and construct a nest 
similar to Pardalotus p. pundatus , but it does not often happen. 
Breeding-months. August to November. 
Pardalotinus striatus ornatus. 
Eggs. Three to four eggs form the clutch. A clutch of four taken at Port Hacking, New 
South Wales, on the 6th of September, 1903, is pure white. Swollen ovals in shape ; 
shell fine, and very glossy. 16-17 mm. by 12. 
Nest. Placed in a small hollow or hole in a tree, and similar to that of P. s . striatus. 
Breeding-months. August to December. 
Pardalotinus striatus substriatus. 
Eggs. Clutch three to four, sometimes five. A clutch of five taken at Seaford, Victoria, on 
the 17th of November, 1918, is pure white. Swollen ovals in shape ; shell fine and 
rather glossy. 17-18 mm. by 14. 
Nest. A domed-shaped structure, composed of bark, grasses, and rootlets, and often lined 
with fine red bark. Placed in a hollowed-out and rounded chamber at the end 
of a tunnel, 12 to about 24 inches long, drilled into the perpendicular wall of a 
dam, creek, or road cutting, etc. 
Breeding-months. August to November. 
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