RUFOUS GRASS-WREN. 
ferriginous-brown. The striation on the throat and breast were visible. 
The under parts were greyer, but palest on throat and abdomen.” 
Mr. Tom Carter’s notes read : “ Striated Grass- Wrens were only observed 
by me on two occasions, and at the same place each time. While ‘ exploring ’ 
a patch of then unknown country, about the centre of the North-west Cape 
peninsula, in order mainly to locate some wonderful trees growing there, of 
which the natives had often told me (they proved to be Palm Trees, like Cabbage 
Palms) in June, 1898, I noticed some Wrens, with tails erect, darting rapidly 
to and fro in some ‘ bush ’ spinifex on a stony hill. Our horses were wanting 
water badly, so we could not remain long, but I had a snapshot at one bird, 
which only resulted in its losing two tail feathers, these however being 
different to any feathers previously seen, I kept them, and determined to 
visit the locality again. ... As it was a very ‘ dry ’ part, I was not able 
to do this until two years afterwards, viz., 1900, the record wet year. Arriving 
there May 21st, at exactly the same stony hill, my native boy and self 
came upon a party of four of the Wrens, two adults and two young, that had 
very recently left the nest, in fact I think we frightened them from it. If 
was built on the top of a bunch of soft spinifex (without prickles) and was 
bulky, made of leaves and strips of bark off bushes (no trees anywhere within 
miles) and grass, lined with a sort of wild cotton. The top was open or only 
partly domed. The material was very loosely put together. One young 
bird was captured alive, after a long chase through the spinifex. The male 
bird was shot, as it was perching quietly in a wild flybush, apparently much 
concerned at the upsetting of his family. My native boy pointed it out to me, 
or I should have overlooked it.” 
The only notes Hill gave in connection with A. rufa read : “ Lat. 21° 
26' 33" S ., long. 8 hrs. 49 min. 52 sec. E. In some very stunted box (Eucalyptus) 
and spinifex country, 20 miles west of the camp, we met with Amytornis rufa 
for the first time (June 14th). . . . We travelled 50 miles further west 
without seeing any birds or animals excepting a few Amytornis rufa . . . . 
In the vicinity of Lat. 19° S. A rufa was identified. . . . was not seen 
north of Lat. 19° S.” 
He gives the measurements of two specimens collected near Camp 4 
on June 14th. 
Campbell and Kershaw named this bird and as their type give the 
measurements of the above bird, but give the data “3.7.11. Lab. 19° 27", about 
160 miles north of N.T. Survey Camp C IV.” and as co-type give the second 
bird with data “2.6.11. Lander Creek.” 
It may be immaterial which data are correct, but the discrepancy is 
noteworthy; and I wrote down that given by Campbell and Kershaw in 
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