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entrance in tlie side, and is composed of dried grasses and strips 
of Ti-tree bark, and lined with feathers. The eggs are from three 
to five in number, of a flesh-white, thickly freckled with reddish- 
chestnut, the freckles becoming so numerous at the larger end as 
to form a complete zone; their medium length is eight lines, and 
breadth six lines.” (Gould, llarulbk. Fids. A ns!., Yol. i., p. 360.) 
llab. West and South-west Australia. (Ramsay.) 
ACANTHIZA PYRRHOPYGIA, Gould. 
Red-rumped Acanthiza. 
Gould, Handbk. Birds Awl., Vol. i., sp. 224, p. 369. 
This bird is to be found plentifully dispersed throughout the 
Mallee Scrub in the Wimmera District of Victoria. For the nest 
and eggs of this species together with the bird, I am indebted to 
Mr. James Hill of “ Pine Rise,” Kewell, Victoria. The nest is a 
dome-shaped structure, having a small entrance in the side, 
outwardly composed of strips of fine bark, grasses, roots, »fec., lined 
inside with feathers and a little wool, it is usually placed in the 
drooping leaves of a Casuarina or Eucalyptus, about six feet from 
the ground. Eggs three in number for a sitting, of a fleshy- 
white thickly freckled with reddish-chestnut and reddish-brown 
markings chiefly towards the larger end, where they become 
confluent and assume the form of an ill-defined zone, some have 
the markings almost confined to a coalesced patch on the larger 
apex. Length (A) 0‘65 x 0'47 inch ; (B) 0 - 63 x 0 - 48 inch j (G) 
0 - 62 x 0T5 inch. 
Hob. Interior, Victoria and South Australia. (Ramsay.) 
ACANTHIZA INORNATA, Gould. 
Plain-coloured Acanthiza. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Ausl., Yol. i., sp. 225, p. 370. 
This-bird is found in the southern portions of Western and 
South Australia, being particularly abundant in the neighbourhood 
