THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Macgillivray has, however, written in his account of the Region of the 
Barrier Range, north of Broken Hill, about this species as follows: “ On a 
ridge I paused to watch the movements of a White-browed Treecreeper 
(Climacteris superciliosa) as he flitted from tree to tree in search of food. . . 
The nest of a Treecreeper (C . superciliosa) was found in a casuarina, five feet 
from the ground ; it contained three young birds ... In one of the black 
oaks was another nest (two young) of C. superciliosa . . On a black oak 
ridge we rested awhile and watched the movements of a Treecreeper (C. 
superciliosa), then went on to another ridge, where we found a nest of this 
species in a dead sandal-wood, the hollow being about four feet from the ground. 
The base of this nest was composed of dry grasses, a layer of horse-dung, then 
the usual thick bed of rabbit fur, on which two eggs reposed. The eggs are 
a good deal smaller than those of the Brown Treecreeper, and more richly 
coloured. . . While watching a Red-browed Pardalote feeding among 
the sandal-wood, we found a Treecreeper’s (C. superciliosa) nest, with young 
birds, in a hollow tree, about four feet from the ground. . . . The calling 
of a White-browed Treecreeper led McLennan to find its nest in a sandal¬ 
wood, the pah’ of eggs resting on the usual bed of rabbit fur.” 
Howe recorded in the Emu for 1909 : “I also found a nest of the White- 
browed Treecreeper ( Climacteris superciliosa) (?) which contained three fresh 
eggs, and secured the female for identification (in North-west Victoria).” 
In his recent “ Review ” he, however, has written : “I shall not readily forget 
my first glimpse of this fine bird at Walpeup, in the Mallee of North-western 
Victoria, during September, 1910. The timber was mostly belar, sandal¬ 
wood, myall, needlewood, with here and there large mallee. Whilst watching 
a Red-capped Robin feeding his mate, a bird with a lightning-like flight 
alighted on the trunk of a fallen pine. It was a Treecreeper new to me. 
The conspicuously white eyebrow hinted its identity. We sought the nest 
after losing sight of the bird, but, being unfamiliar with the calls, we could 
not again find it. My next meeting ■with the bird was at Linga, 25 miles 
further west. During September, 1916, a male White-browed Treecreeper 
alighted on a Murray Pine. In September, 1917, the birds were located at 
Boinka, a few miles west of Linga. They w r ere feeding with the Little Tit- 
Warbler- (Acanthiza nano) and the Brown Treecreeper, the latter appearing 
to differ slightly from the form found near Melbourne. The White-browed 
Treecreeper reminded me of its Red-browed cousin, but was less rapid in its 
movements. The call notes resembled those of the White-throated species, 
both in the loud staccato call and in the sweet, low', tremulous notes.” 
Ashby recorded the species from Pungonda, South Australia, and a pair in 
the bull oak on the Victorian side: “ They appear to be most silent birds; 
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