Crown, back rufous-brown; back striped black; shoulders steel-black spotted white; throat, narrow chest band steel-black; eyebrow, patches on throat white; breast gray; tail tipped white; f., upper lighter; throat white, rufous patch at side. Insects. Rise with a whirr-r-r. Low piping whistle.
267 Chestnut-backed Ground-Bird (-Thrush), C. castano-notum, W.N.S.W., W.V., S.A., W.A., N.W.A.
Stat. r. plains 9
Upper chestnut-brown; eyebrow, side-throat white; throat, chest black; shoulder black spotted white; tail tipped white; f., duller; throat, chest gray. Insects.
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268 Pilot Bird, Pycnoptilus floccosus, E.N.S.W., E.V.
Stat. v.r. dense scrubby gullies 6.7
Rich dark-brown; throat rufous mottled dusky; f., sim. Insects. "Guinea-a-week."
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269 Scrub-Robin, Drymodes brunneipygius, N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior).