DRYMODES BRUNNEOPYGIA (Gould). 



SCRUB -ROBIN. 



rilHK Scrub-Robin is found in the country bordering the Murray River, in Victoria and South 

 » Australia. 



It is generally seen on the ground, running and hopp eg about, with its tail held erect after 

 the manner of the Mcduri. 



In its mode of oidification it resembles its congener, the nest being made of small sticks, and being 

 placed "ii the ground at the foot of a tree. The male is considerably larger than the female, but 

 they are exactly similar in colouring. 



Tin' head and upper surface are brown, the upper tail-coverts tinged with rufous; wings, dark 

 brown, the primaries and secondaries crossed near the base with white; tail, dark brown, all but the 

 two middle feathers tipped with greyish-white; under surface, greyish-brown, each feather tipped with 

 a crescent-shaped mark of brown; irides, reddish-brown; bill, black; legs and feet, dark brown. 



Total length, .S inches; bill, § inch; wing, 3| inches; tail, 4^ inches; tarsi, 1^ inch. 



Habitats: Victoria and South Australia. 



EOPSALTRIA LEUCURA (Gould). 



WHITE-TAILED ROBIN. 



Tl^HIS bird, which, both in appearance and habits, bears a strong resemblance to Eopsaltria 

 J- Leucogaster, is exclusively confined to the Mangrove swamps bordering the north coast 01 

 Australia. 



Nothing has been ascertained of its mode of oidification, but it most probably assimilates in 

 this respect, as in others, to its near congener. 



The head and ear-coverts are black ; the upper surface dark grey, with a small patch of 

 white on the rump ; wings, blackish-brown ; tail, black, the base of the four external feathers on. 

 each side being white ; a band of light grey across the chest ; rest of under surface, white ; irides 

 dark brown ; bill, legs, and feet, black. 



Total length, 0* inches ; bill, I8 / 1C inch ; wing, 3^ inches ; tail, 3 inches ; tarsi, 1 inch. 



Habitat : North coast. 



