GROUND WREN. 
Hylacola pyrrhopygia halmaiurina Mathews. 
Kangaroo Island, South Australia. 
Hylacola pyrrhopygia whitlocki Mathews. 
South-west Australia. 
This cannot be considered conclusive as if the above-named subspecies 
prove valid (and so far they have fulfilled the tests of independent criticism) 
many others will be named. The sexual, and mayhap seasonal, plumages 
do not appear to be well known yet. 
Recently Mr. Tom Carter has written: “The Western Ground- Wren is 
another shy bird that occurs to the east of Broome Hill, and is usually seen in 
thick scrub, growing on stony or rough ground. I was fortunate in seeing 
a good many of them in mid February 1919, and obtained a few specimens ; 
but they are difficult to shoot on account of the great speed at which they 
hop and move about under the bushes, with tails erect. They remind me, by 
their rapid elusive movements, of the Diaphorillas at Shark Bay.” 
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