WHITE-THROATED TREE-CREEPER 315 
hitting the trunks of likely trees with a stick and 
watching for the birds to fly out. 
A nest observed between Jan Juc and Anglesea 
on October 19th, 191 2, was at the bottom of a hollow, 
upright branch of a messmate, about 3 feet below 
the opening. The hollow narrowed from 6 inches at 
the mouth to 4 inches at the nest, which consisted of 
shredded messmate bark, and contained two young 
birds, about half-grown, showing a dark rufous- 
brown rump. October is the usual breeding-month. 
The eggs are white, speckled with reddish brown. 
This species is very common from Torquay west- 
ward right into the Otway Forest ; and equally 
so in the bush at Anakie. In the Queenscliff Road 
bush it is becoming extinct with the cutting out of 
the timber. One or two pairs are established at the 
Dog Rocks. 
It is insectivorous ; the parent-bird brought to the 
young mentioned above at least one large moth. 
BROWN TREE-CREEPER 
Neoclima picumna victories 
This is a larger bird than the White-throated Tree- 
creeper, and has the throat dull buff-coloured instead 
of white. The note, though loud and ringing, is not 
repeated continuously as is that of its white-throated 
relative, and the present species also spends much of 
its time on the ground in the vicinity of large trees. 
