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Genus HYLACOLA, Gould. 
HYLACOL A PYRRIIOPYGI A, Vigors and Uorsfield. 
Red-rumped Hylacola. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Ausl., Yol. i., sp. 205, p. 346. 
“ Tlie nest of this species is usually hidden at the base of a 
clump of bushes and grass, ot 1 in some bushy scrub near the ground ; 
sometimes resting on the ground, and at all times very difficult 
to find. I first found them breeding at Dobroyde in 1860, 
where I procured both adults and young. The nest is a loose 
structure, composed of narrow strips of bark, grasses, and rootlets, 
(which can be scarcely said to be interwoven), and with which it 
is chiefly lined with the addition of a few feathers. It is dome 
shaped in form, and a little larger than that of Malurus lanibertii. 
The full number of eggs were in every instance three, the ground 
colour of a pinkish-salmon tint, fading after being emptied to a 
dull white, tinged with chocolate pink, in tint not unlike those of 
a Sericornis magniroslris or S. frontalis. They are blot died with 
irregular markings of light chocolate brown at the larger end, and 
a few dashes and spots of the same tint on the thinner end. The 
blotches forming a zone near the thick end. Length 0'76 x 0-57 
inch. (Ramsay, P.L.S., JV.S. W., Yol. ii., p. 108.) 
flab. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 
Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 
Australia. ( Rtimsny .) 
Genus CISTICOLA, Kaup. 
CISTICOLA RUFICEPS, Gould. 
Rufous-headed Grass Warbler. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Ausl., Vol. i., sp. 212, p. 353. 
“ This species is plentifully dispersed over the grass beds ; it is 
common near Sydney, and equally plentiful at Capo York. The 
nest is a very neat, dome-shaped structure, chiefly composed of 
