CHESTNUT-RUMPED TIT. 
Acanthiza uropygialis condom Mathews, Austral. Ay. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 3, p. 78, June 28, 
1912 : Leigh’s Creek, South Australia ; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 216, 1913 ; S. A. 
White, Emu, Yol. XIV., p. 189, 1915 ; H. L. White, ib., Yol. XV., p. 35, 1915 ; 
S. A. White, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Austr., m 2., Yol. XXXVIII., p. 431, Leo. 1914 ; 
id., Vol. XXXIX., p. 753, Dec. 1915. 
Distribution. New South Wales to West Australia through Central Australia, apparently 
occupying the dry districts of extra-tropical Australia. 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface dark ash-grey including the top of the 
head, back and wings ; bastard-wing, median and greater wing-coverts dark brown 
with slightly paler edges to the feathers ; primary-coverts and flight-quills slightly 
paler on the inner edges of the latter ; upper tail-coverts and base of tail rufous- 
chestnut, the terminal portion of the latter blackish with white, or grey tips to the 
feathers ; fore- head whitish with dark bars to the feathers ; sides of face grey speckled 
with white ; throat, breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts 
greyish-white ; thighs dusky grey ; under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown ; 
lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface. Bill and feet black, eyes pale buff ; 
Total length 93 mm. ; culmen 8, wing 52, tail 39, tarsus 20. Figured. Collected 
at Lake Way, Mid- West Australia, on the 20th of August, 1909, and is the type of 
A. u. murchisoni. 
Adult female from the same locality similar to the adult male. 
Adult male. Head, back, and wings mouse-brown ; base of tail rufous-chestnut, blackish 
on the subterminal portion, with white, or grey tips to the feathers ; base of fore- head 
and sides of face speckled with dark brown and white ; throat white with dark 
tips to the feathers ; breast and sides of breast pale grey ; abdomen and under 
tail-coverts white ; lower flanks tinged with pale rufous ; axillaries and under 
wing-coverts buffy-white like the inner edges of the quills below ; remainder of 
quill-lining dark brown ; lower aspect of tail blackish with rufous at the base and 
whitish tips to the feathers. Bill and feet black ; eyes pale yellow with enamel ring, 
periphery greyer. Total length 95 mm. ; culmen 7, wing 50, tail 39, tarsus 19. 
Figured. Collected on the Murray Flats, South Australia, on the 30th of May, 
1911, and is the type of A. u. mellori. 
Adult female from the same locality similar to the adult male. 
Nest. Oval with side entrance, composed of bark and grass, held together with spider’s 
web, and lined with feathers. Dimension 4 inches by 3. Placed in a hollow limb. 
“ The nest of A. u. augusta always placed in the hollow trunk of a dead tree, some- 
times even in a fallen tree, and the entrance is nearly always through a crack or 
knothole. Length 7 inches wide by 3f. Composed of dried grass and twigs, 
and beautifully lined with a thick wail of feathers and fur or wool.” (S. A. White, 
south end of Lake Gairdner, September 10th, 1912). 
“ Placed in a hollow dead tree. Cup-shaped and composed of fine rootlets, some 
spiders’ cocoons and dead small yellow flowers on the edge. Not lined. Egg 
cavity 2 inches by 1 deep. Outside 4 by If deep” (ib., Gawler Ranges, S.A., 
September 14th, 1912.) 
Eggs. Clutch three, fleshly white, freckled all over, but more at the larger end, with 
reddish-brown 16-17 mm. by 13. 
Breeding-season. July and August to December. 
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