EASTERN GRASS-WREN. 
went scuttling away from under our feet and after searching for some time 
they were found sitting closely together and quite motionless under a bush. 
After procuring them it was seen that they were fully fledged young. On 
making a squeaking noise one of the parent birds answered and at length 
was drawn out into the open and procured. These birds are so like their 
surroundings in coloration, are so cunning and such skulkers that it is the 
greatest difficulty to get a sight of them, and they will almost let you crush 
them underfoot, before they will betray themselves.” 
These Captain White recorded as Amytornis modestus, but I described 
them under the name 
Diaphorillas textilis myall. 
“ Differs from D. t. modesta (North) in having the under-surface brown 
(not white) with the shafts white .’ 5 
After careful examination this bird seems nearest to D. inexpectatus 
and I have ranged it here. It is much more different from the true D. modestus 
or the true D. textilis. 
The two subspecies will be 
Diaphorillas inexpectatus inexpectatus Mathews. 
Interior of New South Wales. 
Diaphorillas inexpectatus myall Mathews. 
Gawler Ranges, South Australia. 
Still, note the discontinuous distribution. 
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