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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."

=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, -Tit, -Cap, -Head), Mormon-Wren, Cocktail, Malurus cyanochlamys, E.A., S.A., Kangaroo Is.

Stat. v.c. gardens 5

Crown, behind ear, upper-back enamel-blue; throat, chest, hind-neck, lower-back black; tail deep-blue; f.,* brown; round eye reddish-brown; under lighter; bill reddish-brown. Insects. "Animated song." "Lovely bird."

=301 Black-backed Superb-Warbler= (Wren), M. melanonotus, E.A., C.S.A. (inland).

Stat. r. scrubs 4.7

Crown, under, upper-back, upper and under base tail beautiful metallic blue; behind ear verditer-blue; side of face, band on back, faint band across chest black; wing green; tail greenish-blue; f., side of face, round eye reddish-brown; upper brown; under whitish; wings brown; tail green. Insects.

=302* White-winged Superb-Warbler= (Wren), M. cyanotus (leucopterus), A. (exc. N. Ter.).

r. saltbush, plains 4.8

Above, below deep cobalt-blue; wings white; quills brown; tail dark-blue; f., upper brown, under white tinged brown. Insects.

=303 Purple-backed Superb Warbler= (Wren), M. assimilis, A.