296 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. Honsrrzrp's Description of the 
Certhia picumnus. Tl. 
Echelet picumne. Temm. PI. Col. 281. f. 1. 
Mr. Caley informs us that **this bird is met with in the scrubs 
at Paramatta, and may be seen running swiftly up the bodies 
of trees, crying out pink, pink, like the Fringilla celebs of Eu- 
rope. Its irides are dark hazel-brown." 
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2. SCANDENS. C. fusco-brunneus; remigibus fuscis, maculis me- 
did ferrugined subapicalique fusco-nigrá fasciatis ; gutture 
pectoreque albis, illo macula ferrugined postauriculari; ab- 
domine nigro, albo-strigato ; rectricibus griseis, in medio ni- 
gro-fasciatis. | 
Foem. Gutture albo, immaculato. 
Climacteris scandens. Temm. 
E'chelet grimpeur. Id. Pl. Col. 981. f. 2. 
The two specimens in the collection were shot together by 
Mr. Caley, running up a tea-tree. Their irides were light hazel- 
brown. M.' Temminck informs us that the female is without the 
ferruginous spot behind the ears. 
Genus. SriTTA. Linn. et Auct. 
1. CHRYSOPTERA. S. cinerea, subtus albida; alis caudáque 
nigro-fuscis, remigibus aurantio-ferrugineo in medio fasci- 
atis, tectricibus inferioribus maculd albá notatis, uropygio 
rectricumque apicibus albis. 
Sitta chrysoptera. Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. xxxii. no. 1. 
Orange-winged Nuthatch. Id. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 77. mo. 20. 
pl. 63. 
This species of Nuthatch, Mr. Caley informs us, is not unfre- 
quent among the small trees about Paramatta. The irides are 
cream-coloured. 
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