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nest. Partly domed, composed of bark-fibre and the dried blades or 
spines of porcupine grass, built on a foundation of pieces of bark. 
Placed close to the ground, in or under the shelter of a spinifex 
tussock. 
eggs. Two, white, well marked with spots of reddish-brown and 
scattered markings of pale lilac, particularly about the larger end. 
Breeding-season: after rain, early in the year. 
16. Rufous Grass-wren Amytornis whitei Mathews 
whitei— Captain S. A. White, ornithologist, Adelaide, South Australia. 
distribution. Mid-western Australia, north-western Australia, 
and the interior of Northern Territory. 
notes. Inhabits spinifex country; the male has a pleasing song, long 
sustained, also a clear, liquid, musical call-note, M Tu-tu-tu”. The 
female has rufous patches on sides of the breast. 
nest. Cup-shaped, composed of dried spinifex leaves; lined with 
kangaroo fur, the walls cl the nest being thin and much interwoven 
with the growing spinifex in which it is placed. 
eggs. Two, white, marked all over, but particularly at the larger 
end, with small irregular-shaped brownish-red dots and splashes. 
Breeding-season: after rain. 
17. Eyrean Grass-wren Amytornis goyderi Gould 
goyderi— G. W. Goyder (1826-1898), explorer and surveyor-general. 
South Australia. 
distribution. South Australia (Lake Eyre). 
NOTES. Only one pair known; nothing is recorded of its life history. 
nest. Unknown. 
eggs. Unknown. 
18. White-throated Grass-wren Amytornis woodwardi Hartert 
woodwardi— B. H. Woodward, a former director of Perth Museum 
Western Australia. 
distribution. Northern Territory (South Alligator River). 
notes. The only notes published are: "Runs very fast and hide 
under rocks." The female differs in having the abdomen chestnut 
not cinnamon-rufous as in the male. 
nest. Not described. 
eggs. Not described. 
19. Dorothy Grass-wren Amytornis dorothece Mathews 
dor othece—Dorothy t daughter of H. L. White, Belltrees, Scone, Net 
South Wales. 
distribution. Eastern Northern Territory (McArthur River, Gulf 
of Carpentaria). 
