^^5(5 l\/ESTS AA'D EGGS OF AVSTRALh\N BIRDS. 



some of tlie varieties of those of Ciiirlorhamiiliu^ ruffxcens, but have a 

 Climacterine look about them and a smooth shell." 



However, there is a decided difference in the eggs of both this 

 species and the White-throated bird (G. leuropha-a ) from those of the 

 rest of the known Tree Creepers. 



Mr. HciTnann Lau, who took a nest at WaiToo, South Queensland, 

 October, 1879, in a MS. note writes: — " dimaclerix erythrops (Tree 

 Creeper). Like the Yellow Robin of the scrubs, the Tree Creeper in 

 the open forest is the first bird to i herald the break of dawn, and to 

 busy itself much in climbing up the stems of trees in search of food. 

 It is by no means a .scarce bird, but it becomes a hard task to find the 

 nest, which in all cases is situated in a cracked spout, and through such 

 crack the bird has an entrance, the nest being a foot or two lower 

 down. Eggs four in number." 



The breeding season probably includes the months from September 

 to December. 



276. — Clim.\cteris supercilosa. North. 

 WHITE-BROWED TREE CREEPER. 



Figure — Report Horn Scientific Expedition, Ave?, pi. 7. 



Reference. — Report Horn Scientific Expedition, Aves, p. 96- 



Previous Description of Eggs. — 'Morth: Report Horn Scientific Expedition, 

 Aves, p. 97 (1896). 



Geographical Di.tfrihufion. — South Queensland, New Soutli Wales, 

 South (probably). Central, and West Australia. 



ye.<tt. — Similar to those of the other member.? of the genus. 



Effffx. — Clutch, two (and three probably) ; roundish in form ; texture 

 of shell fine ; surface glossy ; colour, pinkish-white, mottled all over 

 with pinkish-red and purplish-red. Dimensions of a pair : (1) -78 x '65, 



(2) •74x-64. 



Observations. — This Central Australian Tree Creeper is allied to 

 G. erythrops, and was discovered by the Horn Expedition. 



Mr. A. J. North, who criticised the birds of the Expedition, states :■ — 

 " Upon examining the reference collection in the Australian Museum, 

 I find there are a male and female of tliis .species, obtained in July, 

 1883, by the late Mr. Kenric Harold Bennett, on Moolah Station, in 

 the central provinces of New South Wales. The specimens procured 

 by Mr. Keartland at Illara Creek and Bagot's Creek are alike in phmi- 

 age and are marked respectively male and female, but the examples 

 obtained by Mr. Bennett, at Moolah, and shot together while nesting, 

 vary as above described. There is another specimen in the reference 

 collection from Queensland, marked a female, which is precisely similar 

 to the one from Moolah." 



