THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
The latter I separated with the diagnosis : “ Differs from G. 1. leucophcea 
in its larger size and greyer coloration on the upper-surface. Wing 9L92 mm.; 
typical 84 mm.” 
Howe in his “Review” has written : “After examining many skins I see 
no reason for retaining Mr. Mathew’s South Australian form C. 1. grisescens. 
It is identical with skins from the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria.” The type 
locality of C. leucophcea is Sydney, New South Wales, and probably some 
Victorian birds are referable accurately to the South Australian form, which 
differs as above given. 
The Treecreepers of Tasmania deserve a note to themselves. Colonel 
Legge reported seeing a “ Creeper ” which he surmised might be C. scan dens, 
and adding : “ Having occasion to refer to the genus with B.M. Catalogue, 
I find that specimens of C. scandens and G. pyrrhonata are both in the B.M. 
collection, collected by that indefatigable field naturalist, Ronald Gunn, Esq., 
and in all probability procured in the northern forests of an island.” An 
editorial note explained : “ C. pyrrhonata is now generally accepted to be 
the young of C. leucophcea (i.e., scandens), Gould having inadvertently transposed 
the names leucophcea under his figures. It is quite probable that the White- 
throated Treecreeper is found ha Tasmania, seeing it is a common species 
near the coast line on the mainland immediately opposite.” 
Simultaneously Littler wrote : “In no list can I find mention of any 
member of the family Certhiidce being found in Tasmania. I have met with 
both the White-throated Treecreeper ( Climacteris leucophcea) and the Broun 
Treecreeper (C. scandens) ha some of the heavily timbered forests in the 
north-eastern portion of the island—forests consisting mainly of big timber.” 
The editorial comment here reads : “ Air. Littler would promote the interests 
of the ornithology of his island were he to, say on his next holidays, procure 
these birds for complete identification. The pleasiare of such a trip would 
be enhanced by the anticipation that the reputed Treecreepers may be 
new to science, if not sub-specific to the mainland forms quoted by him.’ 
Miss Fletcher then added : “A matter of interest I was xrnable to settle 
was whether one of the Treecreepers ( Certhiidce) was a resident of this district 
(Wilmot, North-west Tas.). I am almost certain that the Climacteris 
leucophcea (White-throated Treecreeper) was a frequenter of the great gums 
on the Govermnent reserve, but was not able to get one shot for identification. 
Littler in his Handbook of the Birds of Tasmania, published after the 
preceding, only included one species, the White-throated, so that the Broun 
species still needs confirmation as to its occurrence. 
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