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177. — Amytis macruha, Gould. (200) 



LARGE-TAILED GRASS WREN. 



Fif^re — Gould ; Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iii., pi. 30. 

 Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.. vol. vii., p. 108. 



Geographical Distrilmtion. — West Australia. 

 NeH and Eggs. — Undoscribed. 



Observations. — Mr. G. A. Koartland lias eggs in liis collection from 

 Central Australia which he believes are referable to this species. Thej' 

 are similar to those of -I. ff.rti/ix, but more spotted like those of the 

 Cincliirliaiiip/iiis riifencenx (Rufous Song Lai'k), with bright reddish-brown. 

 Dimensions : -75 x '59 inches. 



Gould states that the Large-tailed Grass Wren " is evidently the repre- 

 sentative of A. text His of the eastern coast, to which it is very nearly 

 allied, but from which, as well as from A. stiiafa, it may at once be 

 distinguished by its more robust form, and by the much greater length 

 and size of its tail." 



Gilbert procured two skins for Gould in Western Australia. 



178. — Amytis goyderi, Gould. 



GOYDER GRASS WREN. 



Figure. — Gould-Sharpe : Birds of New Guinea, vol iii., pi S. 

 Reference— CH Birds Brit. Mus., vol vii , p log. 



Gengraphiea) Dixtri/mtion . — South Australi.i. 



Xe.it ini/f AV/|/,«. — -Undescribcd. 



Observations. — As Gould has remarked, the nearest ally to the Goyder 

 Wren is A. -itriata, the entire throat and chest, however, being whitish 

 or lightly coloured, which is not the case in the other known species of 

 the genus. The Goyder Wren was collected by Mr. F. W. Andrews, one 

 of the members of the Lake Eyre Exploring Expedition, towards the 

 interior of South Australia. The director of the Adelaide Museum had 

 the new bird forwarded to Gould in England to be figured, who dedicated 

 it to Mr. G. W. Goyder, for many 3'ears Surveyor-General of South 

 Australia, and who died in 1898. 



