CHESTNUT-MANTLED GRASS-WREN. 
Eggs. “ Clutch two. Pearly white, uniformly dotted and marked with various sized, 
irregularly-shaped splashes of reddish-brown, the markings denser at the extreme 
larger end. 88 mm. by 60.” ( ib .) 
Breeding season. September. 
♦ 
Mr. J. M. Mellor wrote : “ Amytornis merrotsyi (Chestnut-mantled Grass- 
Wren). Specimens of a new species of Grass-Wren ( Amytornis ) have been 
forwarded to me by Mr. A. L. Merrotsy, who collected them in the spinifex 
or porcupine grass country to the north-east of Lake Torrens. The male, 
female, and eggs have all been secured. From its striped appearance it is 
nearly related to the Striated Grass-Wren (A. striatus). The most conspicuous 
character, apart from the striation, is a light rufous or chestnut coloration 
of the head and mantle. The bird can be at once distinguished from the 
Striated Grass-Wren by the large amount of rusty- chestnut on the head 
and mantle, the absence of black beneath the eye and on the ear-coverts, and 
by its much shorter tail. The feet and legs are larger and stouter.” 
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