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Family CERTHIIDAE. 



Climacteris erythrops superciliosa, North 



(White-browed Tree-creeper). 



Was not met with till sixty miles west of Oodnadatta, but 

 after that it was plentiful in some localities. Generally met 

 with in pairs, but no nests were seen. 



Family DICAEIDAE. 



AuSTRODiCAEUM HiRUNDiNACEUM, Shaw and Nodder 

 (Mistletoe Bird). 



Very few of these little birds came under notice; this is 

 no doubt due to the scarcity of the parasitic plant, Lorenthus. 



Pardalotinus rubricatus pallidus, Campbell 



(Pale Red-browed Pardalote). 



Met with on nearly all the dry water-courses along which 



red-gums grew. Their note is a double one, quickly repeated. 



Specimens collected are much paler in every respect to those- 



taken the year before in the central regions. 



Pardalotinus striatus finkei, (s) Mathews 



(Central Australian Pardalote). 



A few of these birds were met v/ith amongst the gum-tree 

 tops along the dry water-courses. On comparison with the 

 skins taken in Central Australia, 1913, they agree in every 

 respect. 



Family MELIPHAGIDAE. 



Gliciphila albifrons, Gould (White-fronted Honey-eater). 



Quite a number of these birds had congregated in several 

 localities visited ; this was due to the fuchsia bushes (Eromo- 

 j)hila) being in full flower. They are very timid, and darted 

 about amongst the bushes in a most erratic manner. The note 

 is mournful and long-drawn. 



Certhionyx VARiEGATus, Lessou (Pied Honey-eater). 

 This rare honey-eater was first met with amongst the 

 granite boulders at Moorilyanna Native Well, and attracted 

 attention by its strange movements. Hopping on the ground 

 round a mulga bush, it climbed up the stem after the manner 

 of a parrot, till it was about two feet from the ground, when 

 it hung head downwards for a minute or more : then it let go 

 and fell to the ground, hopped round the bush, and again 

 repeated the performance. 



(8) A. A. Record, vol. ii., No. 5. 



