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eggs. Two or three, either dull bluish-grey, buff, or pale stone- 
coloured, marked all over with reddish-brown freckles and blotches. 
Breeding-season: July to October. 
17. Southern Scrub-robin Drymodes brunneopygia Gould 
Dry-mo'-des-Gk, drymodes, of the woods: brun'-ne-o-pyg'-i-a- L., brun- 
neus, brown; Gk, pyge, rump, tail. 
distribution. Interior districts of Victoria, South Australia, and 
south-western and mid-western Australia. 
notes. Inhabits low scrub-lands, chiefly mallee, mulga, “marlock”, 
and pine scrubs; usually in pairs, is friendly and answers imitations 
of its call-notes, which resemble "Chip-pip-er-ee”, "Chip-pip-ee", and 
“Chip-peer-a-peet". Food: insects of various kinds, procured on the 
ground among fallen leaves and debris. 
nest. Cup-shaped, somewhat loosely constructed, composed of strips 
of bark outwardly protected by twigs; lined with grass and a few root¬ 
lets. Built in a slight depression scraped in the ground among scrub. 
egg. Greenish-grey, spotted and blotched with brown, often with 
a zone at the larger end. Breeding-season: September to November 
or January. 
18. Northern Scrub-robin Drymodes superciliaris Gould 
su-per-cil-i-dr'-is- L., superciliaris, browed (above the eye). 
distribution. Eastern Northern Territory and northern Queens¬ 
land. 
notes Usually in pairs, living on the ground, where it hops about 
quietly turning over leaves and other debris in search of msect-life. 
Its note is a loud shrill whistle, which it will answer if imitated. The 
female alone builds the nest and incubates the eggs. 
nest A circular depression scratched in the ground, roughly lined 
with long wiry tendrils of plants, leaves, and fine fibres. Usually placed 
at the foot of a small tree. 
eggs Two dull white or stone-grey, uniformly freckled and spotted 
with shades of brown and underlying markings of faint bluish-grey. 
Breeding-season: November to January. 
19. Noisy Scrub-bird Atnchornis clamosus Gould 
A-trich-orn’-is—G k, atrichos, without hair or bristles; Gk, ornis, bird: 
cla-mo'-sus —L., clamosus, noisy. 
distribution. South-western Australia only, apparently extinct. 
notes To date only males of this species have been recorded. It 
once inhabited the dense thickets and undergrowth of a limited area 
and was very shy but noisy; its call was a sharp whistle repeated eight 
or nine times rapidly, with crescendo, concluding with a sharp 
resounding crack. 
nest. Unknown. 
eggs. Unknown. 
