16 MORGAN— The Birds of th>' ^SoiU/i-Kustrru Fart of S.A. 



and 1 failed to secure a spetimeu, so I am not sure of the 

 species. They are beautiful songsters. 



86. (■inclorhatnphus cruralis cantatoris (Black-breasted 

 Song- Lark ) — Common in all the o])en country throughout rhe 

 trip. 



87. Epthiannra albifronfi (White-fronted Tin-tac) — Com 

 mon around all the marshy and cultivated country. 



88. Poodytes gramineiis (Little Grass Bird) — Heard sing 

 ing once on a small swamp near Robe. I also saw the egga 

 in a boy's collection. 



89. Aeanthiza pusilla (Little Tree Tit) — This is one of the 

 commonest birds in the district. They were seen and heard 

 in all classes of country, but were most numerous in the 

 thick scrub of the sand hills. Two nests found near Robe on 

 October 25th and 26th; each contained young birds. A male 

 taken at Glenelg River on October 4th had the iris bright 

 brownish red; legs and feet, brown; soles, yellow; inside of 

 mouth, black. 



90. Aeanthiza lincata (Striped Tree Tit) — Seen at Beach- 

 port and Narracoorte in the stringy bark country. Not com- 

 mon. A female shot from the nest on October 15th. near 

 Beachport, measured in total length, 9.25 cm.; iris, light 

 brown; bill, dark horn colour; legs and feet, brown; inside of 

 mouth, horn colour. The nest was built in a banksia tree 

 about 15 feet up. It was composed of fine strips of stringy 

 bark, outwardly decorated with green silky material, and a 

 few white spiders' cocoons, and lined with feathers and a few 

 pieces of rabbit fur. 



91. (Teoha.sileufi chnf-sorrhou-s ( Yellow-rumped Tree-tit or 

 Tom-tit) — Common in all classes of country. Many nests 

 seen mostly built in bushy overhanging branches of tea-trees. 



92. ffericorms sp.- — Two Specimens of Scrub Wren were 

 secured, one at Glenelg River, and another at Robe, but I 

 have not yet been able to determine to which species they 

 belong. The birds are common both in the tea-tree about the 

 swamps and in the sand hills. 



93. Mahiriis ci/aneus (Blue Wren) — Common everywhere. 

 They had only just started to breed. 



94. ^Stipiiurii.s }nalachurus trcgeUesi (Emu Wren) — ■(■otii- 

 mon on the marsh flats at the mouth of the Glenelg River. 

 They are said to occur also at Robe, but we failed to find them 

 there. A male collected measured in total length 16.5 cm.; 

 iris, light brown; bill, black; legs and feet, brown; stomach 

 contents, sroall beetles 



