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jbo. Under surlace lirownish, except centre oi alxlonien. 



D. briiiiiieopygiiis (Scrub-Robin). 

 l"ncler surface liuffy-white. sides of breast and flanks browner. 



I), pallidiis (Pale Scrub-Robin). 

 ybi. General colour sandy-brown or chocolate-brown, with very long 



upper tail coverts . . . . . . . . . . 762 



Plumage otherwise . . . . . . . . . . . . 763 



762. Length 5.5 inches : wing 2.1 inches ; throat and lores whitish. 



Eremiornis carteri (Carter Desert-Bird). 

 Length inches : wing 2.8 inches ; throat and lores rufous. 



Pycnoptilits fioccosus (Pilot-Bird). 



763. Feathers of back olive with black centres. 



Megalurus. (tRAss-Birds. 764 



Feathers of back uniform or brightly coloured . . . . . . ybb 



764. Length 5.5 inches ; wing 2.4 inches ; crown spotted with black . . yb^ 

 Length 6.5 inches ; wing 2.6 inches ; crown tawny. 



M. galactotes (Tawny Grass-Bird). 



765. Sides of body and under tail coverts striated brownish-black. 



M. siriatus (Striated Grass-Bird). 

 Under surface uniform greyish (except throat, which is faintly 

 striated in female, bolder in male). M. graminens (Grass-Bird). 

 76b. Rump chestnut : throat and breast boldly streaked. 



Hylacola. Ground-Wrens. 767 

 Rump not chestnut ; throat and breast not streaked . . . . 768 



767. Eyebrows and tips of tail feathers pure white ; white spot on wing. 



H. cauia (Red-rumped Ground-Wren). 

 E\-ebrows and tips of tail feathers greyish ; no white on wing. 



H. pyrrhopygia (Chestnut-rumped Ground- Wren). 



768. Bill at nostrils much broader than high ; bristles round gape nearly 



as long as bill. Rhipidura. Flycatchers. 769 



Bill at nostrils about as high as broad : gape bristles very small. 



Malurus. Wrens. 778 



769. General colour brownish or blackish ; throat white . . . . 770 

 Upper surface and throat black, under surface and eyebrow white. 



R. tricolor (Black-and- White Fantail). 



770. Eyebrow and base of tail rufous . . . . . . . . 771 



Eyebrow and base of tail greyish-black . . . . . . 772 



771. Breast spotted : wing 3 inches. R. riififrons (Rufous Fantail). 

 [R. intermedia (Northern Rufous Fantail) has tail feathers distinctly 



tipped white and less rufous at base; chest with fewer scaly 

 marks, and with black band narrow ; centre of breast and 

 abdomen white ; length 5.9 inches ; bill .32 inch ; wing 2.9 

 inches ; tail 3.3 inches ; tarsus .7 inch.] 

 Breast not spotted ; wing 2.6 inches. R. dryas (\\'ood Fantail). 



772. Total length 6 inches ; wing 2.75 inches . . . . . . yy^ 



Total length 6.5 inches ; wing 3 inches. 



R. setosa (Northern Fantail). 



773. Wings spotted and some feathers edged with white . . . . 774 

 Wings almost entirely blackish. R. diemenensis (Dusky Fantail). 



774. Chest with prominent black or grey patch , . . . . . 775 



