GROUND WREN. 
Hylacola pyrrhopygia brevicauda Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XYIII., p. 332, Jan. 31, 1912 : 
(Underbool) Victoria. 
Hylacola pyrrhopygia cauta Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 333, 1912. 
Hylacola pyrrhopygia halmaturina Mathews, ib., Jan. 31, 1912 : Kangaroo Island, S.A. 
Hylacola pyrrhopygia whitloclci Mathews, ib. (Stirling Ranges) West Australia. 
Hylacola pyrrhopygia belcher i Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. I., pt. 8, p. 191, 
March 20, 1913 : Anglesea, Victoria ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 200, 1913; Belcher, 
Birds Geelong, p. 250, 1914 ; Howe, Emu, Vol. XVII., p. 87, 1917, 
Hylacola cauta cauta Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 200, 1913 ; Howe, Emu, Vol. XVII., 
p. 87, 1917. 
Hylacola cauta halmaturina Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 200, 1913; Howe, Emu, 
Vol. XVII., p. 87, 1917. 
Hylacola cauta brevicauda Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 200, 1913 ; Howe, Emu, Vol. XVII., 
p. 87, 1917. 
Hylacola cauta whitloclci Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 200, 1913 ; Howe, Emu, Vol. XVII., 
p. 87, 1917 ; Carter, Ibis, 1921, p. 54. 
Hylacola halmaturina S. A. White, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 269, 1913 (Kangaroo Island). 
Hylacola pyrrhopygia magma Howe, Emu, Vol. XVIII., pt. 1, p. 59, July 1st, 1918 : Cobbora, 
New South Wales. 
Distribution'. New South Wales ; Victoria ; South Australia ; Kangaroo Island ; 
South-west Australia. 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface dark rust-brown including the top of 
the head, back, wings, and tail ; outer webs of outer primaries whitish at the base, 
which gives an indication of a small wing-spot ; inner webs of flight-quills blackish- 
brown ; upper and under tail-coverts dark chestnut ; outer tail-feathers banded 
with black subterminally and tipped with grey ; lores and a line above the eye 
white ; sides of face similar to the crown of the head somewhat intermixed with 
greyish-white ; throat, breast and sides of body greyish-white with dark elongated 
centres to the feathers, which almost disappear on the middle of the abdomen ; 
lower flanks and thighs ochreous-brown ; under wing-coverts pale buff ; under- 
surface of flight-quills dark brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper- 
surface. Bill brown, lower mandible lighter, feet brown, tarsus lighter ; eyes 
brown. Total length 145 mm. ; culmen 11, wing 60, tail 59, tarsus 23. Figured. 
Collected at Woollongong, New South Wales, in June 1890. 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface dark rust-brown, including the head, 
back, wings, and tail ; inner webs of flight-quills pale hair-brown ; upper and 
under tail-coverts chestnut ; middle tail-feathers similar in colour to the back, 
the outer ones differ in having a broad subterminal band of black with grey tips 
to the feathers ; lores and feathers above the eye and sides of the crown buff like 
the cheeks ; sides of the neck and sides of body greyish-brown with dark elongated 
centres to some of the feathers ; throat, breast, and middle of the abdomen buff with 
dark centres to the feathers, which are almost obsolete on the abdomen ; axillaries 
and under wing-coverts pale buff ; under-surface of quills dark brown, somewhat 
paler on the edges ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface. Tarsus brown, 
feet darker, bill brown, lower mandible lighter. Eyes brown. Total length 
140 mm. ; culmen 10, wing 56, tail 54, tarsus 20. Figured. Collected at Exeter, 
New South Wales, in October 1914. 
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