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Order PASSERIFORMES. 
Family MUSCICAPID/E. 
No. 88. 
TREGELLASIA CAPITO. 
LARGE-HEADED ROBIN. 
(Plate 66.) 
Tbeoellasia CAPITO Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VIII., pt. iv., p. 197, pi. 390 (nana), Oct. 13th, 
1920 (Partim). 
Pcecilodryas capita Campbell, Nest and Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 150, 1901. 
Adult male. Fore-head, crown of head, occiput and nape pale umber-brown, slightly shaded with 
olive ; scapulars, lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts and wing-coverts like the back ; 
primary and secondary quills dark brownish-ash, margined on the outer Aveb with dark 
olive ; tail-feathers dark brownish-ash, margined on the outer web with olive ; lores white ; 
sides of face, ear-coverts and cheeks grey, with very faint shaft-streaks of white ; chin white ; 
throat, sides of neck, breast, abdomen, flanks and under tail-coverts saffron-yellow, inclining 
to olive on the sides of the body ; imder wing-coverts and axillaries lighter yellow ; quills 
below dark ash, margined on the inner web with greyish-white. Total length 130 mm. : 
culmen 12, wing 80, tail 55, tarsus 23. Richmond River, New South Wales. 
The sexes are alike. 
Nest. Cap-shaped, and composed of moss ; sometimes the outside decorated with pieces of lichens ; 
lined -with portions of dead lawyer-palm leaves and a few wire-like rootlets. Measurements : 
2f in. by 2J deep ; inside 2 by 1£ deep. 
Eggs. Clutch two, nearly elliptical in form, texture of shell fine, surface glossy. Greenish-white, 
spotted and marked with somewhat large blotches, especially round the apex, of rusty or 
reddish-brown and purplish-brown. 19 to 20 mm. by 15. 
Breeding-season. November. 
No. 89. 
TIMIXOS OLIVACEUS. 
OLIVE THICKHEAD. 
(Plate 66.) 
Timixos olivaceus Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VIII., pt. v., p. 261, pi. 396, Dec. 15th, 1920. 
Adult male. Head and back of neck dark grey ; mantle, lower back, rump and wing-coverts deep 
olive-brown, darkest on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; primary and secondary quills 
ash-brown, bordered on the outer w'eb with olive-brown ; tail-feathers bronze-olive , lores 
dark grey, slightly tipped with whitish ; sides of face, ear-coverts and cheeks like the head ; 
chin and throat white, fringed at the tip with dusky ; chest olive-grey ; breast, abdomen 
and sides of the body brownish-buff, darkest on the sides ; flanks and thighs umbor-biown , 
under wing-coverts and axillaries w r hitish-buff; quills below, ash becoming whitish on 
the inner web. Bill horn-colour, eyes hazel, feet blackish. Total length 200 mm.: culmen 
19, wing 100, tail 90, tarsus 30. Heytesbury, Victoria. 
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