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the breasts of adults, is almost or entirely absent on the youn," ones, and the rich 
black on the under parts of the mature birds is also replaced by a smoky black on 
the young. Several of these nests were seen which closely resembled those of 
Ainadina casfa?70fis, but were a trifle larger in size. They were placed on low 
bushes, built of grass and oval-shaped. Unfortunately they all contained young 
birds. The eyes of the adults being white give the live birds a remaikable 
appearance.] 
No. 54. CiNCLOSOMA ciNNAMOMEUM, Gould. Cinnamoii-coloured Ground 
Thrush. 
Cincloso/na cimjawomeus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 184G, p. G8; id., Eds. 
Austr., fob, Vol. IV., pi. G (1848) ; Sturt, Exped. Centr. Austr., Vol. II., App., 
pi. opp. p. 28 (1849). 
Cinclosoma dmiamonetis, Sturt, Exped. Centr. Austr., Vol. II., App. p. 28 
(1849). 
CiuclosoDui cinnaiHomeum, Sharpe, Brit. jNlus. Cat. Bds., Vol. VII., p. 334 
(1883). 
A. $ ad. sk., Hughes’s Watei hole. 
B. cT ad. sk.. Blood’s Creek. 
C. $ ad. sk.. Crown Point. 
Th ree adult specimens of the smallest of our Australian Ground Thrushes. 
[Running over the brown sand or stony ground near Blood’s Creek these birds 
were not easily seen until closely approached. They run cpiickly over the ground 
and ai'ound the small clumps of saltbu.sh in quest of insects. They were aftei wards 
found at Crown Point in similar country. They appeared to live entirely on the 
ground, and were never seen in the trees or bushes.] 
No. 55. Cinclosoma castanonotum, Gould. Chestnut-backed Ground Thrush. 
Cinclosoma castanotus, Gould, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1840, p. 113; id., Bds. Austr., 
fob, Vol. IV., pb 5 (1848) ; Sturt, Exped. Centr. Austr., Vol. II., App. p. 27 
(1849). 
Cinclosoma castanotum. Gray, Gen. Bds., Vol. I., p. 224 (184G); Sharpe, 
Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., Vol. VII., p. 333 (1883). 
Cinclosoma castaneonotum, Stirling and Zietz, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Austr., 
Vol. XVI., p. 158 (1893). 
