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THE BIKDS OP AUSTKALIA 



The Pale Scrub-Robin, 7). palUdus. — Western Australia. Like the pre- 

 ceding, but lighter brown above and creamy white below. 



The Eastern Scrub-Robin, D. superciliaris. — North and Bast Australia. 

 Chestnut brown above, brightest on the tail; two white bars across 

 the black wing; half the tail feathers tipped with white; a white 

 eyebrow, and a black spot above the eye, and a vertical black streak 

 below; below fawn-white. Length 7 inches. Forms an open nest of 

 small sticks among the dead leaves at the foot of a tree. Eggs 2, 

 stone-grey, thickly covered with umber blotches, 1 by .7 inch. 



"The Emu." A. H. B. Mattinglev. 



Scrub-Robin {Drymaoedus brunneopygius) Nest and Young. 



Genus Hylacola. Ground- Wrens. 

 Strictly Australian. The two species are small birds, found 

 in open scrub country, creeping among the thickets or perched 

 on a bush. Generally in small companies, like the Blue Wrens, 

 and like them carrying the tail erect. Birds of agreeable song. 

 The nest is dome-shaped with a narrow protruding entrance; 



