14 PASSE RES 
19. Chest unijormibrownish oye 8. ee ee eC SUPER CTIIOS AMG: 
— Chest feathers edged with clear ferruginous . . .°. . . . . It. C. SUPERCILIOSA OD. 
20. EGY Qtr SWING SD MUMS OV MORE 5 fale wou ey ecient oT 
— Smaller : wing So mm, or less te 2 
21. A dull orange yellow patch below the ear coverts. . . . . . . 10. C, SCANDENS SCANDENS Q ad. 
— No orange patch below the eav coveris. . . . . . . . . . 10. C, SCANDENS SCANDENS of ad. 
22. A dull orange yellow patch below the ear coverts. . . . . %  Q. C. SCANDENS MINOR Q ad. 
— No orange patch below the car coverts. . . . . . . . . .  &Q. C. SCANDENS MINOR Gf ad. 
1. Climacteris melanura Gould. 
Climacteris melanura Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 10, 1842, p. 138 (Febr. 1843) (« North-west coast of 
Australia ».) 
Fig. Gould, Birds Austr. Vol, 4, pl. 97. 
Hab. N. W. Australia, Northern Territory and Northern Queensland. 
2. Climacteris wellsi Ogilvie-Grant. 
Climacteris wellsi Ogilvie-Grant, The Ibis (9), Vol 3, p. 664 (1909) (Clifton Dawns, Gascoyne River, W. Australia). 
Hab. West Australia : Clifton Dawns, Gascoyne River. 
3. Climacteris melanota Gould. 
Climacteris melanotus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 14, 1846, p. 106 (Jan. 1847) (« The neighbourhood of the 
river Lynd, in the interior of Australia ») 
Climacteris melanonota Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 8, p. 334 (1883) (nom. emend.). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Austr. Vol. 4, pl 96. 
Hab. Northern Territory and North Queensland : districts bordering the gulf of Carpentaria. 
4. Climacteris placens placens Sclater. 
Climacteris placens Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1873, p. 693 (1874) (« Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak »). 
Fig. Gould, Birds New Guinea, Vol. 1, pl. 8. 
Hab. North western peninsula of Dutch New Guinea : Arfak mountains. 
5. Climacteris placens meridionalis Hartert. 
Climacteris placens mertdionalis Hartert, Bull. Brit. Ornith, Club, Vol. 21, p. 27 (1907) |Owgarra, Angabunga River, 
Brit. New Guinea), 
Hab. Mountains of British New Guinea : Owgarra, Angabunga River, Bihagi, Mambare River. 
6. Climacteris rufa rufa Gould. 
Climacteris rufa Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond. Vol. 8, p. 149, 1840 (July 1841) (« Western Australia »). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Austr. Vol. 4, pl. 94. ; 
Hab. Southern and Central portions of West Australia. 
7. Climacteris rufa obscura Carter. ’ 
Climacteris rufa obscura Carter, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club. Vol. 27, p. 16 (1910) (Warren Rives,.S. W. Australia). 
Hab. S W. Australia. 
8. Climacteris picumnus picumnus Temminck, (Plate, Figs. 3, 3a, 3b.) 
Climacteris picumnus Temminck, Rec. P]. Col. pl. 281, fig. 1 (1824) («a Timor, a Célébes (errore!) et a la cole sept. 
de la Nouvelle-Hollande »). 
Glyciphila? ocularis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 5, 1837, p. 154, (Dec. 1838) («in terra Van Diemen »). 
Climacteris leucophaea (errore, nec Certhia leucophaea Latham 1801) Strickland, Ann. Nat. Hist. Vol. 11, p. 336 (1843) 
(Latham’s name erroneously referred to the present species). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Austr. Vol. 4, pl. 93 (s. n. C. scandens !). 
Hab.East Australia (from Port Denison southwards) to Victoria, South Australia (Adelaide etc.), Tasmania. 
g. Climacteris scandens minor P. L. Ramsay. 
Climacteris leucophaea minoy P. L. Ramsay, Tabular List of Austral. Birds, Addenda, p. 2 (1891) (Mount Bartle 
Frere, N. E. Queensland, descr, ad.). 
Climacteris weiskei Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsber. Vol. 8, p. 187 (1900) (North Queensland; descr. 9 juv.). 
Hab. North Queensland. 
