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Eggs . — Two or three, either dull bluish-grey, buff, or pale stone- 
coloured, marked all over with reddish-brown freckles and blotches. 
Breeding-season: July to October. 
17. Southern Scrub-robin Drymodes brunneopygia Gould 
Dry-mo -des — Gk, drymodes , of the woods : bruri -ne-o-pyg -i-a — L., brun- 
neus, brown ; Gk, pyge, rump, tail. 
Distribution . — Interior districts of Victoria, South Australia, and 
south-western and mid-western Australia. 
Notes. — Inhabits low scrub-lands, chiefly mallee, mulga, “marlock,” 
and pine scrubs ; usually in pairs, is friendly and answers imitations of its 
call-notes, which resemble “Chip-pip-er-ee,” “Chip-pip-ee,” and “Chip- 
peer-a-peet.” Food: insects of various kinds, procured on the ground 
among fallen leaves and debris. 
Nest. — Cup-shaped, somewhat loosely constructed, composed of strips 
of bark outwardly protected by twigs; lined with grass and a few root- 
lets. Built in a slight depression scraped in the ground among scrub. 
Egg. — Greenish-grey, spotted and blotched with brown, often with 
a zone at the larger end. Breeding-season: September to November 
or January. 
18. Northern Scrub-robin Drymodes superciliaris Gould 
su-per-cil-i-ar'-is — L., superciliaris , browed (above the eye). 
Distribution. — Eastern Northern Territory and northern Queensland. 
Notes. — Usually in pairs, living on the ground, where it hops about 
quietly, turning over leaves and other debris in search of insect-life. Its 
note is a loud shrill whistle, which it will answer if imitated. The female 
alone builds the nest and incubates the eggs. 
Nest. — A circular depression scratched in the ground, roughly lined 
with long wiry tendrils of plants, leaves, and fine fibres. Usually placed 
at the foot of a small tree. 
Eggs. — Two, dull white or stone-grey, uniformly freckled and spotted 
with shades of brown and underlying markings of faint bluish-grey. 
Breeding-season: November to January. 
19. Noisy Scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus Gould 
A-trich-orn -is — Gk, atrichos , without hair or bristles; Gk, ornis , bird: 
cld-mo-sus — L., clamosus, noisy. 
Distribution. — South-western Australia only, apparently extinct. 
Notes. — To date only males of this species have been recorded. It 
once inhabited the dense thickets and undergrowth of a limited area and 
was very shy but noisy; its call was a sharp whistle repeated eight or 
nine times rapidly, with crescendo, concluding with a sharp resounding 
crack. 
Nest. — Unknown. 
Eggs . — U nkno wn . 
