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886a. Acanthiza pusilia arno., subsp. n. 

 Southern Red-rumped Tit. 



Differs from A. p. haiailtoni in being darker, and in 

 having the rump much darker red. 



Type, Arno Bay, Eyre's Peninsula, South Australia, 

 No. 9,630. 



Range, Eyre's Peninsula. 



892a. Acanthiza lineata whitel, subsp. n. 

 Kangaroo Island Striated Tit. 



Differs from A. I. clelandi in being darker green above, 

 and in ha ring the head darker brown. 



Type, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, No. 10,247 

 Range, Kangaroo Island. 



901a. Acanthiza chrysorrhoa addenda, subsp. n. 

 Port Augusta Yellow-rumped Tit. 



Differs from A. c. perksi (from Mt. Lofty) in being paler 

 above and whiter on the chest. 



Type, Port Augusta, South Australia No. 10,252. 

 Range, Port Augusta. 



919a. Sericornis parvula rosing. 



Nest. — Cup-shaped, placed on a big mass of dead 

 bracken, with large fronds of the living plant overhang- 

 ing it. It was placed about two feet from the ground in 

 a deep, damp gully on Mt. Lofty. Composed of dried 

 grasses and covered on the outside with a kind of green 

 moss, and warmly lined with feathers. Outside measure- 

 ment 3J inches deep by 4 wide ; inside, 2 inches deep by 

 2 wide. 



Eggs. — Clutch ; three ground-colour very pale buffish- 

 white, with a zone of brown irregular-shaped spots on 

 the larger end, and few of the same colour distributed 

 over the remaining surface ; 22 mm. by 16. 



