<6 Descrijjtioii of a New SKb.tpecics of Clunacteris. 



and verv noiseless, being in marked contrast to the Southern 

 Brown Treecreeper [Glimacteris picumnus mistraUs) Mathews, 

 with which they were in company. I propose to designate 

 the bird in the vernacular list as the Southern White-browed 

 Treecreeper, and scientifically as Glimacteris erythrops 

 iparsonsi, in honour of Mr. Frank E. Parsons, of Adelaide, 

 twhose energy as a young ornithologist I wish to recognise, 

 and through whose valuable information concerning the 

 country I was enabled to secure the specimens described. 



The descriptions are: — 



Male — General colour above, brownish grey; all the 

 crown of the head, dark grey; upper tail coverts, grey; tail 

 brownish grey, all but the two centre feathers, and the outer 

 ;web of the outermost feathers crossed by a broad subtermi- 

 nal band of black, being broader and more conspicuous on 

 the outer feathers; wing, blackish brown, crossed in the 

 centre with a broad band of rich buff, this colour gradually 

 dying out towards the outermost primaries; the secondaries 

 tipped with brownish grey; lores, black; a stripe above the 

 eye, and the small feathers on the edge of the lower lid 

 fwhite; ear coverts, brownish grey, with a dull white streak 

 Idown the centre of each feather; chin, dull white, passing 

 into whitish grey on the throat, and dark grey on the chest; 

 remainder of under surface has a lanceolate appearance, the 

 feathers being black, lessening in intensity towards the 

 abdomen, and each feather having a broad stripe of white 

 down the centre; the centre of abdomen, dark grey, and less 

 conspicuously streaked; under tail coverts, dull white, with 

 spots of brownish black at intervals forming irregular cross- 

 bars, with the shafts of the feathers dull white throughout; 

 iris, brown; bill, black; feet, very dark horn. Dimensions — 

 Total length in inches, 6.00; wing, 8.64; tail, 2.60; bill from 

 forehead, 0.53; bill from gape, 0.70; tarsus, 0.76. 



Female — Resembling male, but having the white stripe 

 above the eye margined above with a narrower line of rusty 

 red; the breast is greyish, streaked with dull vhite down the 

 centre of each feather, giving a more marked lanceolate 

 appearance than in the male, in the centre of the chest a few 

 rusty red jnarkings ou the feathei-s make an indistinct 

 patch of that colour. 



Habitat — Belts of pine and mallee country adjacent to 

 the River Murray on the South Australian and Victorian 

 borders, and probably extending into all such country for a 

 considerable distance. 



