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Notes .—Usually in pairs, frequenting the outer foliage of trees; its 
call-note is unlike that of the other Parclalotes, being a loud, mellow 
whistle repeated five times in succession. Food : insects and their larvae. 
Nest. —Cup-shaped, composed entirely of fine strips of bark, and 
placed at the end of a tunnel in a bank. 
Eggs .—Three or four, pure white. Breeding-season: July to Sep¬ 
tember or October. 
28. Black-headed Pardalote Pardalotus melanocephalus Gould 
mel'-an-o-ceph'-al-us —Gk, melas ( melajtos ), black; Gk, ccphale, head. 
Distribution. —Mid-western Australia, across northern Australia to 
northern Queensland, and southwards to New South Wales. 
Notes . — Usually in pairs, keeping to the topmost leafy twigs of trees, 
where it secures its food, which consists of insects and their larvae. 
Nest .—Like that of the Spotted Pardalote, and placed in similar situ¬ 
ations. 
Eggs .—Usually four, pure white. Breeding-season: June to Novem¬ 
ber or December; in New South Wales the breeding-season is August to 
December. 
