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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: brnn'-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 supercilians Gould 
su-per-cil-i-ar'-is —L., superciliaris, browed (above the eye). 
Distribution. —Eastern Northern Territory and northern Queensland. 
Notes— Usually in pairs, living on the ground, where it hops about 
quietly, turning oyer leaves and other debris in search of insect-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 Atrichornis clamosus Gould 
A-trich-orn-is —Gk, atrichos, without hair or bristles; Gk, ornis, bird: 
cla-mo-sus —L., clamosus, noisy. 
Distribution .—South-western Australia only, apparently extinct. 
Notes.— 1 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. 
