BROWN TREE-CREEPER. 35 



twelfth, and the third by one twelfth, while the second and 

 eighth are nearly equal. The tail is long, arched, much rounded 

 at the end, of twelve stifF-shafted acuminate feathers, of which 

 the lateral is eight-twelfths shorter than the middle. Fig. 192. 



The upper mandible and the extremity of the lower are 

 dusky-brown, the basal portion of the latter whitish ; the irides 

 hazel ; the feet pale flesh-colour tinged with brown, the claws 

 light yellowish-grey. The upper part of the head is dark- 

 brown, with linear-oblong brownish-white streaks ; the rest of 

 the upper parts light brown, with similar streaks, the feathers 

 on the rump becoming dull yellowish-brown. The small 

 "wing-coverts are variegated with dusky, light brown, and 

 brownish-white ; the primary coverts blackish -brown, with a 

 whitish spot at the tip ; the secondary coverts lighter, with a 

 larger whitish spot at the end, but only on the outer web. The 

 quills are dusky, but the inner pale greyish-brown on the inner 

 web, dusky on part of the outer ; all except the outer three have 

 a whitish spot at the end ; the w^ing is crossed by a band of 

 pale brownish-yellow, which, however, does not include the 

 outer three quills or the inner three secondaries ; the outer 

 webs of most of the quills are light yellowish -grey toward the 

 end. The tail is light yellowish-grey, the inner webs dusky, 

 the shafts yellowish-brown. A white streak extends over the 

 eye, and the lower parts are of a dull but glistening silvery 

 white. The concealed part of the plumage is greyish-black. 



Length to end of tail 5 ^''tj inches; extent of wings 8; bill along 

 the ridge ^^^ along the edge of lower mandible ~\^ ; wing from 

 flexure 2^^ ; tail 1^^ ; tarsus ^\ ; first toe i\, its claw y^| ; 

 second toe ^''l, its claw ^% ; third toe ^\, its claw ^% ; fourth 

 toe 1^1, its claw i%. 



