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 H)S2. Climacteris melanota. 



Cliinacterh mehuiolus Gould, Proc. Zuol. So.-. (Loud.) 184G. p. lOG (1817) : River Lynd, Queensland. 

 Black-backed Tree-creeper. 

 Mathews, IlamUht Xo. 702. 

 Range : Qneeaslaud. 



lu»3. Climacteris rufa rufa. 



CUmacHrh rufa Gould, Prcc. Znnl. Soc. (Loud.) 1840. p. 149 (1841) ; Western Australia. 

 llufous Tree-creeper. 

 Mathews, Ilandlist No. 703 (pars). 

 Range : West Australia (Inland). 



1084. Climacteris rufa obscura. 



Cliiiiarleris nifa ohxriira Carter, Bull. Brit. Oru. CIuli, vol. .\xvii. p. U>. 1910: Warren River, South- 

 West Australia. 



Allied Rufons Tree-creeper. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 703 (pars). 

 Range : West Anstralia (('oastal). 



lu8o. Climacteris rufa orientalis snbsp. n. 

 Pale Rufous Tree-creeper. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 703 (pars). 



Differs from C. r. rufa in being paler Ijoth aljove and below. 

 Type : South Anstralia, No. 2800. 

 Range : iSuuth Australia. 



lo8G. Climacteris picumnus picumnus. 



Climacteris picuinuus Temminck and Laugier, /'/a«. Odnr. d'Om. vol. iii. 47" livr. pi. 281. fig. 1. 

 1824 : North Coast (Queensland). 



Brown Tree-creeper. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 704 (pars). 



Range : Queensland, New South Wales. 



1087. Climacteris picumnus australis subsp. u. 



Southern Brown Tree-creeper. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 704 (pars). 



Differs from C. p. picumnus in being much darker above. 



Type : Murray Flats, South Australia, No. 8931. 



Range : South Australia. 



1088. Climacteris picumnus victorias subsj). n. 



Victorian Brown Tree-creeper. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 704 (pars). 



Differs from C. p. picumnas in lacking the reddish-brown tinge of the back. 



Type: Victoria, No. 5112. 



Range ; Victoria. 



