. The Emu . THE STRIATED GRASS-WREN ..■liintoyuis striata. Birds of a feather. Vol. XVIII.] ist OCTOBER, 1918. [Part 2. Striated Grass^Wren (Amytornis striata, Gould). By a. J. Campbell, There is possibly sulilicient material in the H. L. White andNational Colleetions, Melbourne, to enable students to review thegeograpliic range and colour variation of this species. The dullest (hazel) phase appears to be the extreme easternbirds—Mallee (Victoria) and New South Wales (type locality)—while the richer-coloured (bright auburn or Sanfords brown)phase extends northward and through the gr

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. The Emu . THE STRIATED GRASS-WREN ..■liintoyuis striata. Birds of a feather. Vol. XVIII.] ist OCTOBER, 1918. [Part 2. Striated Grass^Wren (Amytornis striata, Gould). By a. J. Campbell, There is possibly sulilicient material in the H. L. White andNational Colleetions, Melbourne, to enable students to review thegeograpliic range and colour variation of this species. The dullest (hazel) phase appears to be the extreme easternbirds—Mallee (Victoria) and New South Wales (type locality)—while the richer-coloured (bright auburn or Sanfords brown)phase extends northward and through the great interior towestern West Australia. Of the extreme eastern birds, the true striata might be unitedwith howei (Mathews), which is stated to differ from the formerin being red-brown above and in having the white shaft-streaksbordered by a line of black {Bull. , xxvii., p. 100). A pair (^ upper fig., $ under fig.) of hoivei, the subject of thecoloured plate, is from the H. L. White Collection, NationalMuseum. Goulds plate ( Birds of Australia,

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