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Emu- Wren, ,8'. nificeps. He has also described the Mallee Emu 

 Wren, S. mallee, from the Mallee scrub districts in Victoria. It 

 differs from 8. malaclnirus in being lighter in colour, and smaller 

 in dimensions, except the bill, which is larger, and in having the 

 six loose feathers of the tail less filamented. Upper surface olive- 

 brown, each feather having a dark stripe, chest purplish-blue; 

 length 5 inches, wing 1.54, tail 3.04, bill 0.39. 



Nest of Rufous Bristle-bird: Sphenura broadbenti. 



A. J. Gampbell. 



Genus Sphenura. Bristle-birds. 



With ten tail feathers. Tail feathers soft, ordinary, shafts 

 ■elastic but not spiny. Rietal bristles 3, very strong and recurved. 



A. — Head brown. 



The Bristle-bird, S. irachyptera. — New South Wales and Victoria. Larger, 

 length 8.3 inches. Above uniform reddish-brown. 



The Long-billed Bristle-bird, S. longirostris. — "West Australia. Smaller, 

 length 6.8 inches; head and back mottled with ashy-grey spots. 



