THE AUSTRAL AVIAN 

 RECORD. 



Vol. III., No. 2. November 19th, 1915. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



On Certhia atricapilla Latham ... ... ... ... 25 



On the " Table des Planches Enlum." of 



Boddaert ... ... 31 



Additions ... to my Reference List... ... ... 51 



Pluvialis dominions fulvus ... ... ... ... ... 52 



ON CERTHIA ATRICAPILLA LATHAM. 

 By Gregory M. Mathews. 



Plate II. 



In the Second Supplement to the Index Ornith. 1801, Latham 

 described, on p. xxxvii., " C(erthia) atricapilla" thus : 



" C. fusco-viridis subtus albida, vertice genisque nigris. 



Black-headed Creeper. Gen. Syn., Sup., II., p. 167, 26. 



Habitat in Nova Hollandia ; long. poll. 6 ; rostrum modi- 

 cum : lingua setacea." 



This was simply a short Latin translation of the account 

 given on p. 167 of the " Black-headed Cr(eeper) " which 

 reads : 



" Length six inches ; bill dusky ; tongue bristly ; top 

 of the head, and from the base of the upper mandible, 

 black, passing through the eye, and below it some way on 

 each cheek ; hind part of the neck, back, wings, and tail 

 pale green, but the wings and tail are brown, with pale edges ; 

 chin, sides of the neck, and fore part of it, as well as the under 

 parts of the body, dusky white ; legs pale brown. 



Inhabits New South Wales." 



