Stat. v.r. mallee, scrub 8

Upper brown; wings brown barred white; tail brown, slightly tipped white; under grayish-brown; long legs; shy, runs; f., smaller. Insects. Monotonous whistle.

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270 Chestnut-rumped Ground-Wren, Red-rumped Scrub-Warbler, Hylacola pyrrhopygia, N.S.W., V., S.A.

Stat. v.r. dry scrubs 5.3

Upper brown; base tail chestnut-red, tip white; eyebrow white; under streaked black, white; f., sim. Agreeable song.

271 Shy Ground-Wren (Red-rumped, Cautious, Rufous-rumped), Shy Scrub-Warbler, H. cauta, V., S.A., W.A.

Stat. v.r. dry scrubs 5.7

Like 270, but small white patch near outer edge of wing; shier; f., sim. Insects.

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