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=286* Grass-Bird= (Little Reed), Marsh-Warbler, Megalurus gramineus, N.S.W., V., S.A., T.

Stat. v.r. tussocks 5.2

Upper brown streaked, lined blackish; throat, chest gray faintly streaked black; tail reddish-brown; f., sim. Insects. "Four or five plaintive notes."

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=287* Speckled Warbler=, Little Field-Lark (-Wren), Speckled Jack, Blood Tit (e), Jenny-Wren (e), Chthonicola sagittata, E.A., S.A.

Stat. r. grass 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 Tit-Warbler= (Yellow), Yellow-breasted Thornbill, Tomtit, Little Tit, 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 Tit-Warbler= (Tit), 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.

=290 Red-rumped Tit-Warbler= (Tit), 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 Tit-Warbler=, Striped Tit, 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 Tit-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 Tit-Warbler=, Yellow-rumped Thornbill (-Tit), 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 Tit-Warbler=, Buff-rumped Thornbill (Tit), A. reguloides, E.A., S.A.

Stat. c. open timber 4.3

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