An Australian Bird Book Part 39

=287* Speckled Warbler=, Little Field-Lark (-Wren), Speckled Jack, Blood t.i.t (e), Jenny-Wren (e), _Chthonicola sagittata_, E.A., S.A.

Stat. r. _gra.s.s_ 5

Under whitish boldly streaked black; head brown faintly streaked white; back brown, feathers edged lighter; tip-tail spotted white; f., sim. Insects. Singer.

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=288* Little t.i.t-Warbler= (Yellow), Yellow-breasted Thornbill, Tomt.i.t, Little t.i.t, _Acanthiza nana_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.

Stat. c. _trees_ 3.5

Upper dull olive-green; under yellow; tail grayish-brown, black band; f., sim. Insects. "Tiz, tiz, tiz."

=289* Brown t.i.t-Warbler= (t.i.t), Scrub Thornbill, Dwarf Warbler, _A. pusilla_, E.A., S.A.

Stat. c. _scrub_ 3.7

Upper, wings brown; tail brown, banded black, slightly tipped white; throat, chest spotted black and white; flanks, abdomen buff; f., sim. Insects. Singer.

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=290 Red-rumped t.i.t-Warbler= (t.i.t), Rufous-rumped Thornbill, _A. pyrrhopygia_, N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior).

Stat. v.r. _mallee_, _scrubs_ 4

Upper pale olive-brown; forehead blackish-brown, feathers tipped white; throat, chest mottled gray, white; abdomen whitish; upper base tail rufous; tail olive, black band, white tip; f., sim. Insects.

=291* Striated t.i.t-Warbler=, Striped t.i.t, Striped-crowned Thornbill, _A. lineata_, E.A., S.A.

Stat. c. _timber_ 3.7

Throat, chest whitish streaked black; head brown streaked whitish; back olive-brown; flanks, abdomen yellowish; tail black band; f., sim. Insects. Songster.

=292 Chestnut-rumped t.i.t-Warbler= (Thornbill), _A.

uropygialis_, A. exc. C.A., N. Ter.

Stat. r. _scrubs_, _forests_ 3.6

Upper brown; upper base tail rich reddish-chestnut; tail brownish-black tipped white; under whitish; f., sim.

=293* Yellow-tailed t.i.t-Warbler=, Yellow-rumped Thornbill (-t.i.t), Yellow-tail, Geobasileus, _A. chrysorrhoa_, E.A., S.A., W.A., T.

Stat. v.c. _gardens_, _timber_ 3.8

Upper olive-brown; base tail bright-yellow; under yellowish-white; forehead black spotted white; cheeks, throat, line over eye grayish-white; f., sim. Insects. Singer.

=294 Buff-tailed t.i.t-Warbler=, Buff-rumped Thornbill (t.i.t), _A. reguloides_, E.A., S.A.

Stat. c. _open timber_ 4.3

Upper olive-brown; upper base tail pale yellow; throat, chest white slightly marked brown; forehead feathers tipped lighter; f., sim. Insects. Song.

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=295 Redthroat=, Red-throated Scrub-Wren, _Sericornis brunnea_, N.S.W., V., S., C., W.A.

Stat. v.r. _scrubs_ 4.5

Upper dark-brown; tail brownish-black tipped white; throat rufous; under brownish-gray; f., sim. Insects. "Fine song equal to that of any small bird."

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=296 Yellow-throated Scrub-Wren=, Devil Bird, _S. barbata_, E.Q., E.N.S.W., E.V.

Stat. r. _coastal scrubs_ 5.5

Crown, upper brown tinged yellow; side of face, round eye, ear black; white line over eye; throat yellow; chest, flanks olive-brown; centre abdomen white; f., smaller; duller.

Insects. Pleasing rich note.

=297* White-browed Scrub-Wren= (White-fronted), _S.

frontalis_, E.A., S.A., Kent Group.

Stat. c. _undergrowth_ 4.5

Upper dark-brown; throat white streaked dusky; brow white; chest, abdomen light-yellow; flanks olive-brown; small distinct white marks on shoulder; f., duller, throat not streaked. Insects. Inward warble.

=298 Large-billed Scrub-Wren=, _S. magnirostris_, E.A.

Stat. v.r. _tree-tops_, _coast_, _gully scrubs_ 4.7

Brown; rump rufous; about bill tawny; eye, long bill black; legs flesh-color; f., sim. Insects.

=299 Spotted Scrub-Wren= (Striated), _S. maculata_, V., S.A., Kangaroo Is., W.A.

Stat. v.r. _scrubby_ 4.5

Upper brown; tail black band tipped white; forehead, side of face black; stripe above, very small patch below eye, marks on edge of wing white; under grayish-white, sometimes washed yellow; throat, chest grayish-white spotted (striated) black; f., duller. Insects.

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=300* Superb-Warbler=, Blue-Wren (-Bonnet, -t.i.t, -Cap, -Head), Mormon-Wren, c.o.c.ktail, _Malurus cyanochlamys_, E.A., S.A., Kangaroo Is.

Stat. v.c. _gardens_ 5