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. 3 3 =272* Coachwhip Bird= (Whip, Stockwhip), _Psophodes crepitans_, E.S.Q., E.N.S.W., E.V. Stat. c. _dense scrubs_ 10 Dark olive-green; black crest, breast; white side of throat, centre of abdomen, tip-tail; f., smaller, duller. Insects. Loud full note ends in a whip crack. [Page 130] [Illustration: [273] [274] [275] [276] [277] [278] [279]] 4 34 =273* Gray-crowned Babbler=, Chatterer (e), Cackler, Barker, Pine (Cat (e), Dog) Bird, Codlin-Moth-eater, Hopper, Jumper (e), Yahoo, Happy Family, Happy Jack, Twelve Apostles (e), Apostle-Bird (e), _Pomatorhinus frivolus (temporalis)_, E.A., S.A. Stat. flocks, c. _open timber_ 11 Dark brown; crown light-gray; brow white; throat, breast white; tail tipped white; bill long black, curved; runs; f., sim. Insects. Many peculiar notes, noisy. [Page 131] =274 White-browed Babbler=, Go-aways, Stick-Birds, _P. superciliosus_, A. inland (exc. N. Ter., N.Q.). Stat. flocks, c. _open timber_ 8 Like 273, but smaller; crown dark-brown; f., sim. Insects. "Most noisy bird I ever observed." (G.) Many notes. =275 Chestnut-crowned Babbler=, _P. ruficeps_, N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior). Insects. Noisy. Stat. c. _timber_ 8.5 Like 273, 274, but crown, hind-neck chestnut; f., sim. 7 7 =276* White-browed Field-Wren=, White-lored Reed-Lark, Rush Warbler (e), Stink-Bird, _Calamanthus albiloris_, N.S.W., V., S.A. Stat. c. _grass_, _heath_ 5 Greenish-brown streaked black; face, brow white; throat whitish streaked black; erect tail; shy; f., sim. Insects. Pretty song on bush-top. =277 Field-Wren=, Field Reed-Lark, _C. campestris_, V., S.A., N.W.A. Stat. v.r. _open plains_ 4.6 Upper ashy-brown streaked dark-brown; upper base tail rufous-brown; side tail tipped white, banded black; forehead rufous streaked dark-brown; eyebrow white; under whitish streaked dark-brown; f., sim. Insects. 2 2 =278* Brown Song-Lark= (Black-breasted), Australian Skylark, Harvest-Bird, Singing-Lark, Corn-Crake (e), _Cincloramphus cruralis_, A. exc. C.A. Mig. c. _crops_ 9 Dark-brown, upper feathers edged lighter; abdomen blackish; f., much smaller; paler; eyebrow, under whitish. Insects. "Fine songster, ranks with the Skylark;" sings flying like Skylark.