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Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, 

 Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence 

 Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, 

 Tasmania. fBamsay.j 



Family CERTHIID^. 

 Sub-Family OERTHIINiE. 

 Genus CLIMACTEEIS, Temminch 



-2- CLIMACTERIS SCANDENS, Temminck. 

 Brown Tree-creeper. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust, Vol. i., sp. 366, p. 598. JET . z' 



This bird is to be found breeding freely throughout New South 

 Wales, Victoria and South Australia ; constructing a nest of 

 grasses, fur, &c., usually in the hole of some decayed branch or 

 spout of a Eucalyptus, and occasionally out of arms reach. The 

 eggs two in number for a sitting are of a reddish-white ground 

 colour, closely freckled all over with rich reddish markings 

 towards the larger end, where in some instances they form a zone. 

 Two eggs taken by Mr. James Ramsay at Tyndarie, on the 24th 

 of August 1879, measure as follows :— (A) 0-93 x 0-74 inch; (B) 

 0-95 X 0-73 inch. 



The breeding season commences in August and lasts till the 

 end of December. 



Hah. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 

 South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia. (Ramsay,) 



