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Nest . — Partly domed, composed of bark-fibre and the dried blades or 
spines of porcupine grass, built on a foundation of pieces of bark. Placed 
close to the ground, in or under the shelter of a spinifex tussock. 
Eggs . — Two, white, well marked with spots of reddish-brown and 
scattered markings of pale lilac, particularly about the larger end. Breed- 
ing season: after rain, early in the year. 
16. Rufous Grass-wren Amytornis zvhitei Mathews 
white i — Captain S. A. White, ornithologist, Adelaide, South Australia. 
Distribution. — Mid-western Australia, north-western Australia, and 
the interior of Northern Territory. 
Notes. — Inhabits spinifex country; the male has a pleasing song, long 
sustained, also a clear, liquid, musical call-note, “Tu-tu-tu.” The female 
has rufous patches on sides of the breast. 
Nest. — Cup-shaped, composed of dried spinifex leaves; lined with 
kangaroo fur, the walls of the nest being thin and much interwoven with 
the growing spinifex in which it is placed. 
Eggs. — Two, white, marked all over, but particularly at the larger 
end, with small irregular-shaped brownish-red dots and splashes. Breed- 
ing-season : after rain. 
17. Eyrean Grass-wren Amytornis goyderi Gould 
goyderi — G. W. Goyder (1826-1898), explorer and surveyor-general, 
South Australia. 
Distribution . — South Australia (Lake Eyre). 
Notes . — Only one pair known; nothing is recorded of its life history. 
Nest . — Unknown. 
Eggs. — Unknown. 
18. White-throated Grass-wren Amytornis woodwardi Hartert 
woodwardi — B. H. Woodward, a former director of Perth Museum, West- 
ern Australia. 
Distribution . — Northern Territory (South Alligator River). 
Notes . — The only notes published are : “Runs very fast and hides un- 
der rocks.” The female differs in having the abdomen chestnut, not cinna- 
mon-rufous as in the male. 
Nest . — Not described. 
Eggs . — Not described. 
19. Dorothy Grass- wren Amytornis dorothece Mathews 
dorothece — Dorothy, daughter of H. L. White, Belltrees, Scone, New 
South Wales. 
Distribution . — Eastern Northern Territory (McArthur River, Gulf 
of Carpentaria). 
