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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. Breed¬ 
ing 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, “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 of 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. Breed¬ 
ing-season : after rain. 
17. Eyrean Grass-wren Amytornis goydcri 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, West¬ 
ern Australia. 
Distribution. —Northern Territory (South Alligator River). 
Notes. —The only notes published are: “Runs very fast and hides un¬ 
der rocks.” The female differs in having the abdomen chestnut, not cinna¬ 
mon-rufous as in the male. 
Nest. —Not described. 
Eggs. —Not described. 
19. Dorothy Grass-wren Amytornis dorothece Mathews 
dorotheaz —Dorothy, daughter of H. L. White, Belltrees, Scone, New 
South Wales. 
Distribution. —Eastern Northern Territory (McArthur River, Gulf 
of Carpentaria). 
