GRASS-WARBLER. 
Austr., Vol. I., p. 352, 1885 ; Witmer Stone, Austral Av. Rec., Vo]. I., pts. 6-7, 
p. 163, 1913. 
Cisticola exilis exilis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 343, Jan. 31, 1912 ; id., List 
Birds Austr., p. 209, 1913; Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 266, 1914. 
Cisticola exilis mixta Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 343, Jan. 31, 1912 : (Bartle 
Frere), Queensland ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 210, Jan. 31, 1912 ; id., South Austr. 
Omith, Vol. 2, p. 57, 1915. 
Cisticola exilis lineocapilla Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 343, 1912 ; id. , List Birds 
Austr., p. 210, 1913 ; id., Ibis, 1914, p. 124 ; Campbell and Barnard, Emu, 
Vol. XVII., p. 26, 1917 ; Campbell, ib., Vol. XVIII., p. 183, 1919. 
Cisticola exilis alexandrce Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 343, Jan. 31, 1912 : 
Alexandra, Northern Territory; id., List Birds Austr., p. 210, 1913. 
Cisticola exilis melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 43, April 2, 1912 : 
Melville Island, Northern Territory. 
Cisticola exilis parryi Mathews, ib., pt. 3, p. 77, June 28, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, North- 
west Australia ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 210, 1913; id., South Austr. Ornith., 
Vol. III., p. 174, 1918. 
Cisticola exilis tormenti Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 3, p. 77, June 28, 1912 : 
Point Torment, North-west Australia. 
Cisticola exilis normani Mathews, ib., Vol. II., pt. 5, p. 98, Sept. 24, 1914 : Norman River, 
N. Queensland. 
Distribution. Australia generally, but not South-west. Tasmania ? 
Adult male. Crown of head rufous-chestnut ; sides of face, sides of neck, entire back, 
upper tail-coverts, wings and tail ochreous- brown with blackish centres to the 
feathers on the upper back, wings, and tail ; the inner webs of the flight- quills 
dark hair-brown with pale margins ; throat, middle of breast and middle of abdomen 
whitish ; sides of body, thighs, under tail-coverts, under wing-coverts, and inner 
edges of quills below ochreous-buff, remainder of the quill-lining pale brown ; lower 
aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface. Bill brown, lower mandible white; 
feet and legs very pale fleshy-brown ; eyes brown. Total length 99 mm. ; 
culmen 9, wing 45, tail 31, tarsus 20. Figured. Collected on Melville Island, 
Northern Territory, on the 6th of December, 1911. (Middle left fig.). 
Adult. General colour of the upper-surface ochreous-brown with dark brown or blackish 
centres to the feathers on the head, back, wings, and tail ; inner webs of flight- 
quills rather paler on the margins ; central tail-feathers show almost obsolete 
dark cross-bars ; throat, middle of breast and middle of abdomen silky white ; 
sides of face, sides of neck, sides of body, thighs and under tail-coverts ochreous- 
buff like the under wing-coverts and inner edges of the quills below ; remainder 
of the quill-lining pale brown ; lower aspect of tail greyish-brown with a blackish 
subterminal spot and tipped with ochreous-grey. Bill brown, lower mandible 
white, feet and legs very pale brown ; eyes brown. Total length 123 mm. ; 
culmen 9, wing 46, tail 50, tarsus 21. Figured. Collected on Melville Island, 
Northern Territory, on the 7th of June, 1912. (Bottom fig. breeding female ?). 
Adult female. Crown of head, hind-neck, rump and upper tail-coverts, sides of fane, sides 
of neck, sides of body, and thighs sandy-buff with broad dark shaft-lines to the 
feathers on the crown ; back and wings pale drab-grey with dark brown or blackish 
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