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Amytis (not Savigny. Hist, figypte, vol. i. pt. 3, p. 40, 1822) Lesson, Trait e 
d’Orn. livr. 6, p. 453, March 1st, 1831. Type (by subsequent designation, 
Gray, 1841, p. 27): M. textilis Dumont. 
Mytisa Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 196, March 20th, 1913. Type 
(by original designation): D. striatus howei Math. 
Amytornis textilis (Dumont). 
Distr. — Mid- and South-West Australia. 
Amytornis textilis textilis (Dumont). (7-107.) 
Malums textilis Dumont, Diet. Sci. Nat. (Levr.) vol. xxx. p. 117, 
May 29th, 1824 (based on Quoy et Gaimard, p. 107, pi. 23. fig. 2): 
Sharks Bay, West Australia=Peron Peninsula, West Australia. 
(Fig. Emu, xx. pi. 20.) 
Distr. — West Australia (Peron Peninsula). 
Amytornis textilis macrourus (Gould). 
Amytis macrourus Gould, Birds Austr. pt. xxvi. (vol. iii. pi. 30) 
March 1st, 1847 : Wongan Hills, West Australia. (Fig. Gould, 
iii. pi. 30 ; Math. x. pi. 468.) 
Amytis gigantura Milligan, Viet,. Nat. vol. xviii. p. 28, June Cth, 1901 : Mount 
Magnet, West Australia. 
Amytis megalura Sharpe, Zool. Rec. 1901, Aves, p. 68, 1902 ; emendation of 
gigantura. 
Distr .— West Australia (Wongan Hills). 
Amytornis textilis varius (Carter). 
Amytis varia Carter, Viet. Nat. vol. xxv. p. 68, Sept. 10th, 1908 : 
Broome Hill, South-West Australia. (Fig. Math. x. pi. 467.) 
Distr. — South-West Australia. 
Amytornis textilis mortem (Math.). 
Diaphorillas textilis morgani Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 364, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Cardina, south-east of Coolgardie, West Australia. 
Distr . — West Australia (Coolgardie). 
Amytornis textilis carteri (Math.). 
Diaphorillas textilis carteri Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. iii. p. 87, 
July 21st: Dirk Hartog Island. (Fig. Math. x. pi. 467, and 
A. A. R. iii. pi. 3.) 
Distr. — Dirk Hartog Island (Mid-West Australia). 
Amytornis modestus (North). Thick-billed Grass-Wren. 
Distr . — Central Australia. 
Amytornis modestus modestus (North). 
Amytis modesta North, Viet. Nat. vol. xix. p. 103, Nov. 6th, 1902: 
Meerenie Bluff, Macdonnell Ranges, Central Australia. 
