ACANTIIIZA. 
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Ilab. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New Soutli Wales. 
{Ramsay.) 
SERICORN1S MACULATUS, Gould, 
Spotted Sericornis. 
Gould, Handbk. Rds. Amt., Yol. i., sp. 218, p. 301. 
Mr. George Masters procured the nests and eggs of this species 
while at King George’s Sound, Western Australia, in December 
1808. The nest is similar to those of other members of the genus 
being a dome-shaped structure, composed of grasses, rootlets etc., 
warmly lined inside with feathers, and is placed in the scrubby 
undergrowth near the ground. -Eggs three in number for a 
sitting of a rich fleshy-white, minutely freckled and spotted with 
dark purplish- and slaty-grey markings, which are more thickly 
disposed towards the larger end. Length (A) 078 x O'51 inch ; 
(B) 0-79 x 0-55 inch ; (C) 0-78 x 0-50 inch. 
Hah. New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, 
West and South-west Australia. {Ramsay.) 
Genus ACANTIIIZA, Vigors and Horsjield. 
ACANTIIIZA PUSILLA, Latham. 
Little Brown Acantliiza. 
Gould, Handbk. Rds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 220, p. 364. 
“ A lover of the scrubs and thick bushes, this species although 
plentiful is not so often met with as the other members of its 
genus. In its habits it seems to be intermediate between 
Geobasileus and the true Acanthizce, being frequently seen on the 
ground as well as' in the trees.. I have never noticed it mounting 
high among the branches, nor does it appear to like thinly wooded 
districts, showing a decided preference for the brushwood and 
