Vol. XVI. 

 1917 



1 Whitf, 'Record of Xew Tyer-creeper for S Auslralia. 169 



and rump ruddy brown ; wing — all primaries excepting the first, 

 and all secondaries, blackish-brown at the base, crossed by a 

 band of buff, in secondaries followed by a deep band of blackish- 

 brown ; tips of primaries and secondaries brown ; throat whitish, 

 and some of the feathers marked with black ; chest grey ; breast 

 and abdomen pale rufous, with a dull white stripe down the centre 

 of each feather, lined on each side by a narrow brown line ; 

 flanks rufous ; tail greyish- brown, all the feathers excepting the 

 first two crossed by a deep black band ; under tail coverts rufous, 

 shaft of each feather and tip white, a series of small double spots 

 of a dark brown colour situated close to the centre shaft of the 

 feathers and at even distances along it. The coloration of the 

 se.xes is alike, with the exception of the female showing a faint 

 rufous marking on the feathers of the lower throat. Iris brown : 

 feet slaty-grey ; bill brown. 



Measurements, taken in the flesh, in inches : — ^Total length, 

 6| ; total stretch of wings, tip to tip, 11^ ; tarsus, |; bill, \. 



Type. — A male collected at Innamincka on 2nd October, 1916, 

 by S. A. White, and now in the South Australian Museum. 



Range. — As far as yet known, the bird is confined to Cooper's 

 Creek district, from above Innamincka in the east to Cuttapirie 

 Corner in the west. 



The markings on the lower side of Climacteris waitei partake 

 somewhat of those of C. scandens, while the coloration of the 

 back approaches that of C. superciliosa, but differs noticeably 

 from both. Although of about the same size as C. siiperciliosa, 

 this new bird has a shorter and stouter bill, its feet and legs much 

 more powerful, and the claws longer and stronger. 



Habits much like those of other members of the genus. The 

 call resembles that of C. scandens, but is not so loud. I secured 

 the first specimen in the vicinity of " Burke's Tree," a few miles 

 above Innamincka, on the south side of Cooper's Creek. 



Fully fledged young ones were accompanying the parent V)irds 

 as they flew from tree to tree, their advanced plumage suggesting 

 that these birds had nested in June or July. 



Description of the Winiam Tit- Warbler, Acanthiza 

 winiamida, sp. nov. 



By F. Er.\smus Wilson. R.A.O.U., Melbourne. 



The whole of the upper surface, with the exception of the lower 

 forehead and rump, uniformly grey, slightly tinged with olive- 

 green. Feathers of the lower forehead black, widely l)arred with 

 white near the extremity ; rump creamy- white. Primaries and 

 secondaries ashy-brown, tne primaries being faintly margined with 

 white in their external webs. Tail feathers black, partially tipped 

 with white. Feathers of ear coverts and throat whitish^ faintly 



