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The above eggs were taken by Mr. K. H. Bennett in November 

 at Ivanhoe. Two eggs only are laid for a sitting, the other egg 

 (0) was addled and was taken from a nest containing also a 

 young bird. This bird breeds from September to December. 



Sah. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 Districts, New South Wales, Interior. fBamsay ) 



■2. CLIMAOTERIS MELANURA, Gould. 



Black-tailed Tree-creeper. 

 Gould, Handbk Bds. Awst, Vol. i., sp. 370, p. 604. 22^ >*?. 



The only eggs of this species I have yet seen, were taken by 

 Mr. James Ramsay at Tyndarie, on the 19th of September 1880, 

 from a nest built of grasses, &c., in the hollow branch of a 

 Eucalyptus. The eggs two in number are of a light reddish ground 

 colour, almost obscured by heavy longitudinal blotches of rich 

 reddish-brown, and a few obsolete spots of lilac. Length (A) 

 0-9 X 0-73 inch ; (B) 0-89 x 0-73 inch. 



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

 Gulf of Carpentaria, New South Wales. {Ramsay.) 



■^ CLIMAOTERIS LEUCOPHCEA, Latham. 



White-tliroated Tree-creeper. 

 Oould, Randbh. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 371, p. 605. jWt 3. 



This, like all other members of the genus Climaoteris constructs 

 a nest of grasses, feathers, &c., in the hollow part of a dead 

 branch. A set of two taken by Mr. John Ramsay at Macquarie 

 Fields in 1861, are of a dull white, marked with round spots of 

 reddish-brown towards the larger end, with very minute dots of 

 the same colour scattered over the rest of the surface. Lengtih 

 (A) 0-85 X 0-67 inch ; (B) 0-89 x 0-66 inch. 



This species breeds during September and the two following 

 months. 



